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VOLUME XLIII. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1853. NUMBER 30. ?4 lUtfkln Ijio State Journal iarLm.istiED at columuus kvkhy Tuesday nionmNQ, BI SCOTT ft BASCOM, jocikil imtumoi, rnuu and mu eruirs ihtanqi oh oiaa. TFRflf S MrnnnVy m arftwif s : Tn Columbus, f 3.00 a Tsar i by mull, 1 60; club nf four and upwards, $1.25; of ten and up- TM K DA I IT JOnitSAL b furuUbed to city subscriber at M OO, and tiv until nl INIft year. mi; ti;mu;kiu.y journal in $3 oo a that. RATES OF ADVEHTISING IS THE WEEKLY JOURNAL iiii.il I till i p M 0 d W 0 fH $o So fa So to 80 80 80 ' $ 9e 8 Itqutn, 60, 76 1 00 1 25 1 752 26U 604 006 000 COB 00 Hsfpuu-et, 76 1 26 1 76 2 263 604 OOfi 000 008 00 13. Il6. 1 : 1 ; ! B squaw, jl 00 1 76 2 263 604 606 000 608 0011. 17. i22 Usquartt, '1262 258 60 4 00 6 00 0 00 8 0010. 14. I I fl squar, ohnnnNible monthly, 820 year ; weukly elimufwiMe qurfrly lift. V ctiuiiiin, iMj column, chaiiirfAhlM uunr(irlv. Q column, I changeable quarterly 100. 10 llns of thli ht type li reckoned a so oar. Advertls-ament titOvod on the Insids efcclusivnly, double die abova rates. All Imiit-d notiwa chared double, and measiim! a If wild. illt0ccllauy. MEMORANDA ON ATOUR FOR HEALTH, nr h. p. willii. A few weeks since we published 'a letter of mr. wit.Lis , giving n sketch ol the city ol Savannah. The speculations in which he indulge concerning it an J Charleston, are interesting, and no doubt substantially correct. Tho remarks respecting our concep tions ol groat men will strike tin; mind as pecularliarly hippy and philosophical. Ou Iho wholu it itt a readable document, which wo clip from tho Home Journal: Tho sensation of driving, through tho street of Sa vannah, ordinurily, is not vory pleasant. One hales tci throw away 10 much plowing. The action of a heniiti-fill hone is quite destroyed by ihe dead pull of the Binning wneois and lite etiort ol wading leilock-deep through ihe guild. Hut it ii wonderful what n difference in the grt nhoiil-nhlotieti in made by a hunvy filiower, Tho city seeniBsuddenly paved with inarhlo. racked with tho ruin, tho sand is so hard ns Bcnrce tn tnko mi ini predion of a wheel, and, for half-u-day nt a lime, a ciirridgo at Savannah tuny thus become n luxury dried into a im ro necesMty, again, of course, bv tho second day of fair weather. Nature has supplied a convenience for traveling over Band the camel's foot elastic nnd Ihitteniiig out with pressure. If 1 were a resident of Hnvuuuuh. L think I should import a email dromedary, "to drive in a buggy," or (tier a premium for llie invention of an liidia-rubbcr horse-shoe, on llie camel'-font principle, Tho article would bo saleable in New Jersey and other sandy neighborhoods m well. Hivannah ii a place to go and be good in. I flaw hut 0110 sinful circumstance while there a small shop open on Sunday evening, for tho in In of cigars and umbrellas evnry tiling 0U0 looking unexcepliotiahly exemplary. The world has not boenmitliciently praised for the variety in tho character of its cities. It will he appreciated when railroad have diwiolved the charm by abolishing iho dinianoe that secured to earh its sep-arato aimosphero. There oro states of mind very varied which require changes nf scoue quilo os vnried. Ol Hie winter pilgrims to iho South, it is happier that there is a Savannah for aomo and a New Orleans for others. Asa Valloinhrosaof retreat for thointormiitent student f.r ono who would hko to slop living and being beard of, long enough to write a bonk or perfect u theory Sivimnah is tho ono best place,ready-ch-ia-lereil and hushed. With 11 presentiment (afterwiirdi coidirmrd), that, by go ng too early Nonh, I was leaving what linto conviilopcenco I hud picked up in 1 warmer climo, I emb;irked for Charlentnn on the evening of iho .lib ol M:iy arrived tho next murniiig, after a rough, cold and thoroughly uncomfortable panij;e. Q iito pmn-trated bysua-iicktiPHsaud inllttcnza, nnd hiving more! desiro to see Charleston than any oilmr point of my : winter's travel, I had never found illness more iintime-1 ly. Wo rejoined here somn of our felhtw-voyagers in the tropic, but Ihe moat admired mid b.-loved of that i happy company lay dying under Iho same roof with us, and a melancholy a'lncna weighed upon all who had known her. Altogether, I obtained but an imperfect and clouded view o llie great inetmfiolid of tho SjuiIi. My best remembrances of it were such as do not come within a traveler's chronicle the meet ing with valii"d friends and nrquainlnnc.es. It must pass for the broken page of my journal to bo rewritten, if possible, wiih a better know led go here-afrer.In what little I saw of Charleston, iu my mopinci-nbout, I was impressed with tho nir it wears of a town built for gentlemen. It is a littlo behind-hand with paint and repairs, but, in tho contrivance and rbarac ter of its private residences, there is t lie original imprint atiil legible, nf first-owners who built exclusively each nno for taste and comfort of his own. Thro is none of the amputated look given to city building by tho more utilituriau taste ol iho North. Kvrn in houses of very mi ib-rato preiensioiis.it was quite evident that tfio plan had not been sent back to tho architecture, shaved of all its superfluities ol olegaoco merely. In the hay windows, verandahs, odd angles, pnriiroeaaiid gardens, and in the nnsiereotjpt d variety with which the caprices of ornament had been combined. Urn look oT refinement quite at its ease, and apprehensive ol neither eclipse nor criiicism, is very manifest. Kvory house looks as if tho same fitnily bad always lived in it. Without ulricl architectural tale, this atmosphere nf household guds may bo made to envelope n homo with an individuality more attaining to children ami more inspiring ol respect ; and I must own, lhat to my eye, it is nu innovation upon art worthy of studying.In ihe days when North and South were moro intimate tho gay society of the two latitude holding an etpmlly divnled empire over Hallston and Saratoga Charleston was tho unquestionable Corinth, fimn which enme the best models nf gentlemen and ladies. Wiih iho plantation cmmervniiHin ol family custom of sending sons to Kuropo for education general b ibit of yearly travel, and prevailing tone of courtesy nnd chivalry banded flown from n superior class of fust inhabitants this mny easily bo accounted for. Tho mark ol it would still impress a stranger in walking the street nf Charleston or looking in iiton its society. Shouldered nnido as the citv is, somewhat, perhaps, by tho current of u Progress," and becalmed in the still water of such reipeclabiliiy and dignity ns this " fast " ajje vilt l ave In hind, its gayetics probably as emhte, at the present lime, a higher hied class ol oo'ii and women than any other capital of mir inuntry. Tim epidemic rnge, f.,r neiionnod conflict with llie world, which is Ki'iihii! ihe nohleoieti n Knghind to lecl'iiing, will soon reach here, dnilblles. and lively ly Charleston up to the dreg-stirring acliuty of New York ; but nvuitlime, it atreetsnro walked by c utle-m who look tranquilly noble, and its drives are gracid by ladies who ait in their carriage with the tiirof princesses at leUiire. There is a childish iliiappointmont (which I ilo not find lhat I outgrow), in th lint visit to most largo capitals. Until mm teet a lamnus place, its ft r tot men lorui a consitcuoUH part ol ttie Mont pirinre nl it. A boy, in going for Iho lirsl time to Huston, lor instance, would leel an tinexpl iiiiable di.ippointmeut not to oe Webster with at h ast n domo and cupola; I'res-cott with a Gothic arch to him : Emerson with a stee ple, and Everett with a colonnade all round or some equally t uigible, visible, ami imposingly architectural proof that Una is the lloiton of which, as seen from a distance, those men compose so largo a part. I had always thought of Charleston, South Carolina, ns a city built not so much of brick as o Calhoun not so boauliful for its public walks as for its Washington Altitun. To arrive there, and walk through it, and drive round it, without te ing anything ol ihem no sign 01 1110 bih ids man ami puinfer who would still how for Charleston, though tun city wero sunk by an earlhquako waa to find it "leas of a place" than I hail expected to take out the clory from the picture nud put iu brick. It it to this feeling (among others) that cities om monuments for its groat men. Willing to pay for gas, they ahould bo willing to pay also for tho " nebulous aurora" of genius which, shining (mm there, lights thorn up ao that they are seen iho world oyer. Thn Dutch Invo an invention for helniiia a vessel when the is aground placing bno)nnt lluata on each aidoof her, aiukinu them till thov cnu run a timber through, and then removing the weight so that all risen logoiuor. L-erroooranw quotation is anraetimet necessary to do a simdar service and brinir a writer sufelv into port. In the present slalo of low water In the river of poetry, I have probably run aground in tho passage lust written, and will, therefore, make sure of a buoyant conclu-hm, by applying afloat or two in the way of confirmatory remarks by greater authors, on ine tame buojuci ; "Fontenello was never moro gratified than when Swede, arriving at iho gates of Paris, inquired nf the custom -homo olhcor where Konteiiello resided, nud expreiaed his indigtmtinn (lint not one of them had eve heard of his name." A distinguished man, in a eulogy on I.tebnim. s iid The Elector nf Hanover united under his dominiun an HlectnrAte, the three Kingdoms of (ire t Hriiain Ann iiiinniTa ann m.WTON. "Spinosa, when he gained a humble livelihood by grinding optical gUai-, was visited by the first Gene ral itt Ruropo, who, lor ihe sake of this philosophical conference, suspend d ihe march nf (he army." " A Bnlomn funeral honored iho remains of the pool Klopstock, led by the Senate of Hamburg, with fifty inuusnnti votaries, an penciraicu ny one universal sentiment, thnt this miiltitiiilc preserved a mournful si lence, and iho Interference of the polico ceaietl to be necessary through the city, at the solemn burial of the man of emua. "Ia terrara, the imall house which Arioato ball! was purchased, to be preserved, bv the municinalitv. and there they still show the poet's study ; and, under his bust, a simple but aftecting trihute to genius re- ooraB, mat i.wtottco Arto$ro in tim apartment wrote. " Travelers never fail to mention Erasmus when the city of Hutlo ucciipiet their recollections, bo that, as Hiyle remarks, ' he rendered the place of hit death a$ celebrated as that of hit birth! ' " " The Grand Duke nf Tuncnny became jealous of mo aueniion pant to iVngtiahecclii, as Birangers usually went to viit Magliahecchi before the Grand Duke." Wo cannot bury tho fame of mir English worthies- that exists before us, independent of ourselves; but we oury tno ininience or their inspiring preence in those immortal memorials of Benin ensv to bo read by all men their statues and their biiBts, coniigninp them to tpott ieldom v'uUrd, and often too obtcurc to lie STORY OF AHUM0RIST. Extract of a letter written in 1792. Well, I have seen your friend, ar;d find him to bn exactly what you described him as being a humorist. Ilo seems to have imparted much of that character to every thing around him. His servants are nil admirably disciplined to second his whims, nud his very furniture is, for the most part, adapted to iho same purpose. Thi put mo upon my guard ; nnd there was hardly nny thing in tho mom that I did not touch with npprehccsioti. No trick, however, was practised upon mo; nnd. us I found subsequently, I was indebted for such indulgence to ono which was reserved for mo at night, 11 net which was such as perhaps nil my English phlegm would not have euabh-d mo tn hear with pa-ticnci). I escaped, however, being put to tho proof, by iho merest accident the arrival ! a poor Scotch surveyor, who wu thought a fitter subject for llie often repeated experiment. The Scotchman was treated with cxlremo hospitali ty; no was neipen to everything 10 cxcohb; nis glass whh never nnowea to aranu mil or empty lor one minute. The potations were suspended not until, and only while the cloth was laying fors'ipper, during nnd after which, they were resumed with renovated energy. Our entertainer was tike tho landlord described by Addison; ihe liquor soemod to have no other elVect upon him than upon any other voiscl in iho house. It was not so wiih tho Scotch miest. who was bv thi; time much farther advanced upon tho cruize of intox icnlion than half seat over. In this state he was conducted to his chamber a fine, lofty Gothic nparlinent, with n bedstead that (teemed cooval with tho building. I say seemed; for thnt was by no means llie case, it being in reality a modern piece 01 structure, it was ol dark mahogany, with its four posts extending completely to the ceiling of the chamber. Tho bed, however, was not more than about two feet from tho floor, thn bolter to enable the party to get into it. Tho Scotchman, with a .1 fli al ot nssiHtiuico, was soon timlrcKaed. and nnd his body deposited in litis place of repose. Ail the party then retind, wishing him a good night, nnd removing tho cnndlo for fenr of accidents. Wlieii ifio door was cloned, I was for Iho first time made acquainted wiih the structure of tho bedstead, which our host considered us hia musterpieco. Upon the touching of a spring, outside ihe door, the bed was so acted upon by a pulley, that it ascended slowly and smoothly through the four po.tts, until it cninn within two or three leet of tho ceiling. The snoring of the Scotchman was tho signal for touching the spring, and ho was soon at iho proper altitude. itie aervauts required 110 instructions how tn net. In one moment the house was in nu uproar ; cries of "fire! fire!" was heard in diflerent directions, A pile of shavings was set in ablaze opposite the win dow where poor Sawney slept. Tho hid lord voice I was continually Heard, exclaiming, " (ioml heavens ! I save the poor Scnich gentleman, jl possible; tho flames' nave got into the room just miner him! ' At tins moment, we hoard turn foil, and bellow out. A sudden silence took place every light waa extin-1 guialied, and tho whole house soenieil in ho mined in iho most profound repose. The Scotchman's voice ouid alone he heard, ronrinc out. in I he Inch dialed of his country, for &siaiauce. At length, two ol iho men servants, in lhir shirts. entered Ihe room, wiih a candle just lit, and j owning, as if jn aroused from their sleep. They found hmi sprawling 011 the lloor. o, dear, sir, w hat is tho matter with you 7 Mattr!" says he; " why, im't tho house on fire?" Not at all, sir." What was the reason of tho crios of fire, then T" Ulcus you, sir, you must Intvo beon dreaming; why there's not so much ns a momo stirring, 11 mi his honor and the whole family have been asleep theo three henrs." The Scotchman now g ive up all credit in tho testimony of his own senses. "I must ha' been dreaming, indeed, and must ha' hurt myself by falling nut of the bed " " Hurt yourself, sir! not tniirh, I hope, the bed Is so low;" and by this time it hail been made to descend to it first level. The poor Sent wns quite confused ; qni'o nsbnined at disturbing thofimily; begged a llmuMtid pardons; accompanied the servants to the door, closed it after them, and was mice moro left in tho dark. Hut the last art of tho pantomime was not performed. The spring bad been immediately touched upon closing tho door ; nnd tho bed was soon beyond the reach of our guest. We could hear him groping about, and ntieting frequent ejaculations of astonishment. He easily found iho bed post, but it was in vain he could endeavor to get in. He moved hi hands up and down. Hla leg was often lilted by way of stepping in, but nlwnys encountered the lloor upon its descent. Ho uttered exclamations nf surprise, not loud, but deep, for fenr of again disturbing the family. Ho concluded himself to bo in lint haesiou of some evil spirit. In short, when it was fonnd, by his silence, thnt he had given up llie lak ns h ip,-osa, and had disposed ol hiimelf upon one of ihe chairs, the bed was allowed to idide down again, and in Iho morning Sawney couhl not but expres his astonishment nt not being able to find il iu iho dark. Chamber' Edinburgh Journal "THE FLAG OF OUR UNION," Ono thing but been established by Captisti Si-hll) ler Hamilton' recent investigations respecting the national ll ig, namely, that it means, and was intended to mean, Union: It crow out id Ihe Unton Jack. Its star of stars symbolize union, lit thirleeti stripes are the record of the union, r-rotn ten thousand Uag-stalbt and ninst-heiids it is ever keeping nlivo tho spirit id union. Captain Hamilton's work enables us lu compile ila brief history. (hi tint seventeen!!! ot January, 177 ii. the captain ol an Englifth transport, then lyimi i ihe port of Hoston, wrote home to his owners: " 1 can eo tuereheis camp ry plum, whose colors, a littlo while ago, weio en tirely red; but on the receipt of the king's speech WlllCli Iliey niirtll) lliey iioMleil 1116 Unton t lag, Which here suppod In Ultimate (ho union id Ihe proves." The captain could not, probably, discern ihe luvices upon tho tUg, but he noted the change of col or, from royal red 10 union blue. A variety of flags worn 111,1 by iho continental in i" early mouth, of ihe revidutiomirv struggle. At the king of Kort Johnson, September 13th, I77.ri, a pecu liar ll 14 was employed, wlii''h Holmes in his Annals, refers to thus: "A ling being ihomjhl necessary for Iho purpose nt Mnals, (Jnl. .Moultrie, who wnrt re piesied hv the Untitled ol o itety to procure one, had 11 large (Hue ll ig made, with n crescent in one corner, to bo in uniform with the Intent, This was ihe first American 11 ig (adds Holmes) tiisplaved iu Smith Cam linn." The. crescent, bn it nlmerved, is nu emblem nf totcrttffntif. On the tweniieih ol Or tidier, in thn same year, Uol. John Heed wrote tins order to L'oi. tilover and Stephen May Ian:" Please to fix upon some par ticutar color inra nag and a signal, hy winch our ve. sett may know one another. What do you think nf a Ihg wiih a white ground a tree in the middle ihe moilo, ' Appeal to Heaven.' This is the Hag of our tloa'ing b'tlteriea." February ninth. I77ii, Colonel Gadsden proposed iho following design tor it naval Ihg: " A yellow field, with a lively representation nf n rattlesiinke in the middle, in Iho attitude ot going to sit ike, and llie words umternenln, Jon ttrtatt on me Many oilier ilcMgns fur tl.iiis were proposed, and seve ral, at we have just observed, were iu use. It wns not (ill June 1 1 tit, 1777, lhat Congress passed the resolution which gave to iho infant nation a Na lional ring. That resolution was 111 thn following words: 11 UVsnlved, That the litis of the thirteen United Stntea. be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that ihe Union lie thirteen stars, white, 111 a blue IP-Id, re pre- sent ing a new constellation." This waa the Ihg ol the I titer triumph n ihe revolution. It remained unalter ed till January 17!M, when the mlmistnn nf two uew St ate a added two stars lo the " consteltalion, and two stripes to the " rainbow." This waa the Ihg of 1812 tho Ihg of Lake Erie, New Orleans, and the Atlantic Ocean In lUltl, the following resolutions j were adopted by Congress:" Tint from and alter the 4th day of July next, the Ihg ol the United Statu be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be twenty stars, white, in a blue field; and lhat on the adn issmn of a new Stale into (he Union, one star bn added to Ihe union of the flag." This change was suggested by the Hon. Peter II, Wen-ihiTer, of New York. Its utility is BulhYiontly nbvl- oua. Iho II ig winch Dialed over the "Hulls of tho Montecumiis" had thirty stars in (bo Union. The present Ihg hnt thirtvonn. Long may It wavo ! Home Journal. A T.inHT nsAitii "Ufiii'l you take off my kaird beret" an id a tall, slab-sided Yankee In an Albany barber, feeling hi chin nt the sauio lime with a noise like a grater; it's flight bnird , whni d'yer Inxf Three cents for a tight baird, nn t it f" " Yes." s "Waal, go nhead, then." While the barber wna rasping "threo rent' wnilh" from bit chui, hit " Bitter" anw an asslnlant putting cologne upnn a customer's hnir, through a quill in the cork of a bottle. " Look a here, Squire," laid the Yankee, 11 can't you tquirt tome o' that ar' Vfiprxr sarte onto my head, tow t" Say, can't yer throw a leello o1 lhat in, for the three carnal' 1 PBAYEE FOB THE MIILI0N. Ood of tho mountain, God of the storm, 'iod of the flowers, (Jod of thn worm t Hear nt and bleu us, Forgive us, redress usj Breathe on our spirits Thy lovo and Thy hnsling ; Teach us conteot with Thy fatherly dealing 1 Teach us lo love Thro, To lova one another, brother Ills brother, And make us all free Free from ibn shackles ol ancient tradition; And show as 'Kb manly, 'lis godlike to labor I Ood of tho darkness, Ood of tho sun, Ood of thn beautiful, (Jod of each onn Clot ho us and feed us, Illume ub and lead us I Fhow na that avarice holds us In thrall That the land Is all Thiue, and Thou glreit to all. Scattrr our blindness, Help us da right nil thn day and thn night To lovo mercy and kindness ; Aid us to conquer mlstakos of tho past: Show us our future tn cheer us and arm ui, Tho upper, Ibn better, iho mansions Thou hnst; And (toil of tho gravo, that Iho gravo cnnot harm us. From tho Kditora' Table of tho Knickerbocker. VANDERD0NK: A MOKND OF mOW-IIIM.. Far hack in tho mistv period of nn heroic nuo. them lived upon tho summit of Crow-Hill an honest Dutchman, entitled Vaudordonk. He bought the spot, with nil itB rugged acres and stubborn globe, with guilders earned by hnrd tugging in the Father-land. Hut Iho Dutch guildors wero by 110 meaua buried without interest in the vaults of this rocky bank. Tho golden grain waveu year alter year 11 pun the sloping lufl-sidcs, and by ihe time lhat bis belly became nortlv. Vander dunk had become rich. He minded hi own business, nud seldom ajmko except when spoken to, utid then in grunting alhrmative, 'Yaw, yaw.' He waa Iho pic-ture of dogged resolution, as ho was seen in relief over against ihe sky on Crow Hill; whacking with a longgouu mo 1 ron 1 ul nones ot the thick kneed oxen always slowly plodding hut surely gaining. Tho shadow of hi capacious barns swallowed up hia snug little house, which waa all kitchen. For he had a fancy to ok out burns wiih hovels, nnd hovels with long aheds, making a tunny court, or hollow square, wherein a multitude of chickens ransacked iho chull' nt the heels of tho thoughtful kino. It wns astonishing by what alow, and jiiot, and imperceptible degree his riclien crow. For it was scarcely noticed when he drove in an additional noil, or extended an enclosure, till all nt once tho neighbor, looking upon tho circum-vullntinn about Crow-Hill, opened their eves. 114 if awakened liom n dream, and exclaimed, ' He's rich!' Heboid bun, then, at the licit hi ol prospeiity. while nil n round hia harvests waved ; hiacabbages were marshalled in rowa and compact regiments; hi catile lowed; hi hen carkled; his duck clucked; his pigeon cooed. Poor Viillduidonk ! 'Monties had nu only son named Derrick, ft half- crazy, half-idiotic, queer boy, who couhl not bo trained up to follow the plow-uhure, uud did exactly a ho pleased. A he verged towards hia majority, and showed no signs of ndvnnce in intellect, but rather received reinforcement of tho queer devils by which ho was oci-iisionally possessed, tits future prospects occupied no small portion of ihe rellecting moment of Vanderdonk, na ho smoked hia evening pipo on ihe porch. He and hia wife were beuinninif to bo well sincKen in years. wiiatMiouiu Do do with Urow-Ilill, and lo whom devise his estate in trust for his sou, who waa totally unfit to manage his idhir J When this thought had given Han sullicieiit perplexity for the time uemg, no uueu up anowier pipe, and got rid ol the aubjeet by thinking of nothing. Now this boy brought him into sail trouble at ihis period, by an unfortunate adventure, which I (-hall relate: ' Among the flocks of crows which w hoeled inces santly, in summer ami winter, above hi dominion, and iron which 'Lrnw-Hlll derived it name, Hans waged a continual war. A hundred bit of tin, wood, and looking-glass fluttered at tho end of long strings, attached to pel, , in the eorn-fielik Numerous scare crow were set up, na horriblo ns could bo invented by ihe imauiualion id' Hans, Moreover, ns occasion olibred, he made a successful shot with a long gun wiih b ing-iiiuieii, queer men, wilicn li:ul lielongeil to his grand father in Holland, nud had descended lo him as an hoir-loom. Sometime he made the crowadrimk on corn snaked in whi-ky, and a they reeled abi ut iho hillocks, knocked them on the head. Hut there wn onn crow, nlmost white, and aaid tn bo a century old, held sicred by the neighbors a an Egyptian Ibis. He walked n I most umhaiiiiGiiinhed among the pigeons, by which aisociation his nature had become lamed, nnd bis harsh caw Wim nt last modi fled into a melting coo. The neighbors had frequently said, ' Vanderdonk, don't shool thai bird,' and limine religiously obeyed the mandate, nnd regarded his guest Mill) a partial eye; lor he had been toht Hint ill-luck would he suro to attend him the moment that he nud hated the destruction of the crow. The sentiment of superstition in not the nlUprilig of stolidity, bul he resolved lo bo on the sale aide, while hi wife treated the binl wiih a religious respect. This ancient visitor. whom tho very king-bird forboro to pick nt, out of veneration, was known by the f imiliariiamenf Jimmy, nnd happy was he who in a cold winter would put in 111 way a lew hiierai iiaiuiiiii 01 corn. 'One day, Derrick, in one of hi wild moods, took tho long gun Irom the corner of tho kitchen and tiraytd away. Ho did not return at high noon in get 111 dinner, but towards sun-down, just as Hie old woman had come from milking iho cows, ho burnt into the house wiih n Inud laugh, violently siruck the butt end of the gnu on the floor, rammed his hand into hi poeketa, lilted with motiled feathers, nnd throw the dead Jimmy into bit mother's p. Tim good wlie lilleil up her skinny hands, while the very liorders ol her cap at nnd out with horror. Petrified firn moment, he sat still in ttie high-lucked chair ; then spilling the bleeding bird nut of her lap, nnd rising in a rage, she pointed wiih her linger alternately at the victim and iho guilty Derrick, as Honnea, returning from hi evening work and seeing what hail been done, crooked his MiHit arm partially closed his list, and aim ii n violent blow nt his son's ear. 1 When the people had been informi d of tho massa cre accomplished by Drrrb'k. they exclaimed, ' O Hub! what tmvo you uune r inn nave snot jimmy ! Wo would not aland in your aline forall the coin iti it your mother has in her stocking; 110,1101 lor Crow-Hill ! ' Hut Dirk only grinned utid giggled, ami nppenred pleat ed with his exploit. A for Vanderdonk, on tho occasion aforonid, bo anon nshrt had somewhat recovered fmin liisexcitement ho look tip Jimmy by lh-j legs, dug a deep hole, and buried him iu the g irden, exclaiming as ho resumed hi seat and reloaded hit pipe, 'Had lug! bid lug!' In fact, ihat very night llie worthy couple had at aree relirod, when a loud cawing was heard thrniiiih the house, aim soon alier. In their inexprcsstlde horror, they observed by iho lilit of the iiidoii, tho old crow perilled upon iho bed-post. Vanderdonk rose fmni his bed and attempt) d to reach him with ihe hnmlle of a broom-slick, but only struck the unresisting air. The imago still remained, nnd it reeatedly opened lis mouth, crying pathetically, 'Caw! cow!' while the ring-dovea and pigeons under llie eaves uttered nil night an uhilaiing lamentation. 'Had lug! bad lug!' repeated Hans, covering up his head wnh the clotlo s. And assuredly bail luck pies- nily overlook him. The next tpring.minn after In- had planted his crops, it waa announced tn him one day thnt nil the crow in Ihe neighborhood were pulling up his corn, without any regard to his signal He went out, and with one discharge of hi long gun drove them all awny. Soon alter, Derrick was musing, and ho went out with a stout mi ii k lo ihruah him ouliia way home. Inviiin he sought him nt the rend-sido ule-huo, and at nil Ins accost nmed haunts, flon he wandered over nisown domains, ni d just as he had ascended a peak of Crow. Hill, a ain!uhr omen met bis eve. He saw Derrick running out of iho woods, hi hat nfT, his hair stream ing in ihe winds, hotly pursued by a whole tl ck nf crows. 1 hey hovered itimnttiio hoy nemi nud picked nt him in Iho rear. Vanderdonk llow to Ihe rescue; he laid about him luriously with the stick which he hail lahen to whip Derrick, hut was obhgtd to give up ihe attack and join ihe boy in hislhght, They hurried over the lit his : Ihey leaped the fence and emerged into Ihe highway, taking the nenrest path tn their home. There all iho little boys, rualiing mitofachool, flung their cups in the nir, and joined in a hue. nnd cry: ' Thero they 00 ! See 'em ! ice Vm ! Cnw! caw Vanderdonk! Vanderdonk!' and all Ibn window were thrown up, and llie old women lifted their hands and oxclatmed, My ankea alive!' Arrived within-doors, the fugitive sat down breathless, well nigh Irighlotied oui of their wiis, while nil the noisy H ick c .ntinned to pick at the windows nnd invest the house. From this lime limine hardly held np his bend, but becnuio doguod and morose to iho end of hia life, still grunting at intervelt as he shook hia head, ' Had lug bad lug!' In Iho gnrden whero ho had buried the bird, atramoniiim, and burdock, nnd villainous weeds grew up, with inconceivable luxurauce and rancor. Wherever he planted any thing, while Jimmy led on die hungry hnrpies, and neither scare crow nor bis limit con availed bint any thing. As in Derrick, he scrt-nmed habitually in his dreams, and the spectre of the murdered bird continued to re-appear. Whether the house waa over exorcised by the visits of the )om inte, baa mil been hnnded down ; but a reverence for old age is to this day inculcated in the schoot-hotlfoi of Crow-llill by the Legend of Vanderdonk. ' K, W. S. Grit. Jackson's HxxntscrrtcKS or tub IUttir 01- NKv-Oiti.KAja ' Philo .lai kson' writes 10 The Sawn-nah Journal an interesting account ot a visit 10 Gen, Jackson at tho Hermitage in IHV.t, from which we ex tract the following t " 1 longed to hear hi in apeak nl his grant battle, nud 0110 of llie greatest battles to of modern history, ihe crowning exploit of his miliinry life, ihe battle of tho Htn ol January, hetore Pinw-Orleana. lie had just re turned Irom hit last visit tn that citv. and lamented thr decease of most of hit old compatriots since that balile. All tho oHioers except Col. Tiebaolt. he observed. Were dead. He then grnphicnlty described the field, the fortifications, at he laughingly called them, and ihe vie - tory ia a manner I shall nover furgel. " Mr. Baton (said Gen. Jackson) has greatly erred in hisdescription or me American work. He. says I bad a 'strong breastwork of cotton bug ' There was not a bag of cotton on trie jirld, Air 1 nnd some ttnre-hoxea and sand-bags, nr bags filled with sand, nnd thcas were ex tended along Hie lines; nut they were so low, that at the close of the nction, when the British surviving General, in command, came riding up on au elegant horse, to surrondor hi sword, when ho not near mo. I heard him exclaim, with mortified surprise, ' Hnrricades ! by , I could leap them wiih my horse !' I laughed heartily nt hia astonishment, for bo he could, and besides, on one vmg ihe works were not completed i 1 had nothing there hut acornfuld fence, if the llritiah had only known, to turn it ! Hut by keeping my men constantly throw ing over menu- nnu ladders on iho works, tho liritmli were effectually deceived. Hut (continued Gn. J.) I never had so grand and awful an idea of the Resurrection (is on lhatdnv. Alter the amobenf Ihe battle bad cleared off (our men were in hot pursuit of the Hying enemy,) then I flaw, in tho distance, more than five hundred Hritons emerging from heaps of their dead comrades, all over the plain! ruin e up and more dittinctlv visible, as the field became clearer, coming forward and RUr-rendering as prisoner of wnr to our soldiers. They had fallen nt our first fire on them, without bavins re- ceived n scratch, and luy prostrate, as if dead, till the close of the. action. Gen. Jackson regarded this action, justly, as Iho most glorious achievement of hii life. That victory was as elorious to his countrv an tn the hero of New Orlean yet lhv.$tratefrv nf ihe General in this masterly battle ha nover been duly appreciated in any history of it I have read." SOLILOQUY OF A BOY. Oh! would I weie n bov nsain." I don't boo whv in Ihe world fatbir want a to sing lhat foloru ditty so much for: and there's erundnn suvb with a siyh. "Mv dear boy, you'll nover be ns happy again as you are uuw , hum grauuma innas aoieiui, ami ciiimcs in " with tho golden hours of childhood!'' Wonder whoro ihe gold ia! If I got a penny some times when 1 was a liitlo youngster, I thought 1 was well off, nnd always felt very sorry alter I had spent it that is, after tho cukes were all gone, and then somebody was always ready with "Why, my dear ""j you con 1 eat your cent ana Keep it loo. Well, I know thnt now. but there's something I don't know and lhat is, whero is this great plenmtro in being a boy. Whoii I wna five years old, nnd had just begun to unjny Bomoiuiiig, 1 must no Dunuieu oit 10 sciiooi, nud ait nn a high bench and 110 cricket; had to say A till everything I looked upon, oven mv mother fnco. seemed one big A; and lo crown iho wholo, I wna a dunce, for it look me llireo weeks to get 011 to H, and a good deal longer learning lo 0 through Iho alphabet.And when 1 was older, I had ihe satisfaction of be in;.' called a " great nwkwnid boy," even by my mother, and when I would try and do my best, 1 was invariably laughed at. If in coming imo the room I happened to upset half a dozen chairs, u titter was raised, mid "Oh, he's a boy!" considered ufhfiont apology. f I phiyed with the bady I was sure lo make it cry, and Ihe nurse would look nit nround in see if I had pinched it; boys, she said, were full of such (rick. Wo bo to tho boy whero there are a household of girl! Why, I hove known my sisters to play all suris of l ricks, nnd John that's I invariably eot the blame. And then it wns, "John, you are younger than Mary, put up thi t'hitho line ; John you uro a great boy, nod must I car 11 to work ; jini go down the cellnr and split up 1I10 wood ; John run up tho g irret nnd bring down squah or two ; John run nut 10 tho wood-house nud el some kiudliug:" and on damp davs the q iris in- artahly held a jubilee, nnd poor John was Ihe slave. T he fact it. I don't believe but what it wnnld do thn girl good tn go out iu wet weather ns woll as the boys. Hut they're always crying out "thin shoos" and "wet feet;" and if I nsk them why Ihey don't weur thick timet) as I do, limy only laugh at me, and answer lint such clumsy things are woll enough for my. olien tell Ihem no wondor they net colds, with nothing but a bit of hco over their shoulders, nnd a piece of g4iizo on ihoir arms. It seems so funny, too, to cill boy a hardier than girls. Why ! if I thought an nul sick, tliin slippers, hare urms, nnd bare necks, 1 hoittd'nt lio n mouth. Hardy they're iho hardiest mfirtaU alive, for Ihey do it md such treatment some way. though they're mighty delicate, and teem to be proud of it ; in fact, I think n good many of them had rather have n fashionable consumption than a vnlear gocd constitution. I wonder bow long a boy is a boy : there's my sister Lmiin came home Irom board ins school "finished." as they rail it, at sixteen, while I've got to study Ihrpe year longer to know as much as she does Unit is. provided she has pot her education and I nm passed eighteen. Louisa la going to bo married next week who pretends to call her n girl? No body ; it' " Miss omst Hunt, that t-ovn? lady, m her; and it "my lenr boy," by mother, ncd " we must overlook Iho freak of a boy," by father and that' the way they talk to mo nnd of me me, John Sand, that's next to the heid of the fumily. ntsierscnn tto anything ihoy please, even to wenr-g false hair and every oilier false fixing, and nobody says a word ; but Ihe first lime 1 put mi n dickey, tl wns almoM a much a my lite waa worth lo meat wiih tho faintly. I thought I could bear it like n hero, lint Iho " loha," nnd " ah " the pulling the point up over my cheeks, tho mock animation to Mr. SmiiU, Ihe derisive laughter, wa more than I wo prepared lor, ami 1 actually ran from the Inane, while all the :iri.i flimuted niter nm, ' lioixl-bye. Mr. Hands; lake are of that new dickey." I brought home a nice razor-box the day I was eigh teen, nnd for n xiv keeping, hid it in the garret between ihe rafters. Vain precaution ! When 1 got home, box, brushes, straps, powder, nud razor, were all parad-d upon Ihe tablo, nud a little scrap of paper pinned lo the wall, nu which was written "Johnny, dear, be careful; little boy should not play with edged tools ;" ami 1111 my sister could sing that dy, wns, "11 Irog he wouni a-conning go." Nover wns I to angry in my life, but I bore It like a philosopher, only it did Iry 1110, when of mornings 1 thought my-elf unobserved, to hear a uinlinir outside the door, and my btllo, six yenr old sister lisp, inatign 1 by !der ami moro wteked tptrila. "Johnny, hero's pussy wants lo be shaved. ' And so It 1 m everything; it seem u ratine that men who profess In to much d bruit v after ibeV are tweiily.ono, ahould b ive to nu limit to so much indlgni- y up 10 me very poniers. 11 curlmit, nnd it puzzles me: it a a fact in metaphysics that I can't at count for nud 1 ifon t suppose I ever shall, li t mirlynlom, and you won't cnteh me otter I'm iwenly-oue. singing" I wouni i were a liny ogain. unre Hranm. THE GOLD MANIA. We have met nowhere so ttriking, wo might say re-1 tting picture a are presmtcd in the annexed ex-' tract o tho nwtul scene exhibited nt Iho gold digging by Ihe furious strife nf men lor llie precious ore. inn poet n:ui wines.eii Homing HKe lln when lie polio nl the wrl surra famet. Ihe extract are from tiers published 10 Hie Inverness Courier, which lhat paper amies wero from respectable people who had I'lnigra'ed from that quarter ot Scotland In Australia, f he jouni d v no dies for the authenticity of tho docu ment. 7 ho following it from 11 teller dated Mel bourne, September II : National Intelliffenrtr. "Things will not hiit forever in (hia way. Thero will he an outbreak here beloro many years. Nothing but separation from I'.iigiiiiid ia talked of. Thousand it nukees nnd California!! ure swarming m every week, nnd thousands of ihe ritf-rnlf of all iho woild The country ia 111 a fearful state lor want of protection, roiineries and murders are cummtiii tl with impu nity. I steep every night with n pair of pistols under my pillow, my fatuer't big sword hung up by the bed-It' ail, and also ou American bowie-knife under my pillow. Our house, to be sure, ia in a lonely and m untitle ttluntion, and it thus liable to attack nt any time of night, but we do not like leaving it to oomo and live in his vile Melbourne " In another letter, the tamo writer speaks as follow: " It would be utterly impossible tn give you nny idea of the state of things in Melbourne now. It is such hi iho world tinveraaw before, ami perhnpj never will ngmn. vutn uiouaamia arivmg every day Irom Eneldtid, California, and America. &.c, we have at ill iho tamo number of houses in Melbourne that wo hud w hen the population wat only about 21,00 ), before tho gold discovery. You may think what it must be now. A cnmnleio wiiderneta ol lent fiat annum up all round (he city, in which all the most hardened villain in the colony have their haunts, and through which ll is not safe to walk in b usd day light. The whole in terior of llie country iacomph tely overrun with hands of bushrangers, mounted, armed, and thoroughly or- gainful 1 ho murders and cruellies ihey prticue m their victims are fearful. They perform their exploits quite in ihsisamo style as the old banditti; however. they someiii.es get caught. A pany of them, while prowling about 1110 noun ovcrinnu roau irom Mount Alexander lo Adelaide, iu Smith Australia, stopped lo rest and refresh themselves at a shepherd's hut, and thero openly staled lhat lliey were lying in wait for 1 Prirly of digger who were returning with a lariri quiiniity 01 gold. iothing more was aeen nt Ibetn lor two dnys, when two of them returned, one so fearfully burnt over Ida body that he died in a few hours t the other one also died Irom the effect of a sun-shot wound. I lie other three nl ihe sang were missing. A fewdnva niT, no oorni remain 01 peverni iiivn were loll ml n short distance on thn roail.and it ultimately turned out that the party they intended to have robbed bad overpowered Ihem, and taken a fearful revenge by burning ihem to death. Tlieso men were all old convlclt, Is not this a practical illustration of the evil indicted on iitese colonies ny tho continuance ol the Iran lion system f Hut there sn aood time oominii.' nud if it it to be continued, why. the sooner Hie colonies nro indepetident th bettor. Thoynro already ripo for ll. 1 have no hesitation in saying that the gold diggings nnvn nasieneu ine nppmncuni uiai event ny nlly yeais. It it not tn be supposed that a country which enn ex- port twenty millions sterling per annum In gold dust I will Ions submit to be mndo the sink hole nf Rnolan,! 1 However, it is nn nso talking more about lhat subject, 1 1 am writing this in my oillce, which li splendidly ailu- ated, being a very high room, and having a view of 000111 twenty miles down tho Poit Philip Biy.so that I can see every chip and steamer lhat comes in, nud 11a I hive a full view of tho telegraph station, 1 can tell t a glance what part of the world they are from. Whilst I am writing there are three large ships coming Hi from London, two from Livernonl. one from Hristo . ono from the Cape of Good Hope, one from Now York, two from San Francisco, and a whole fleet of traders between here and the neighboring colonies nil crowd ed wnh passengers for the gold digging. This will givo yen. tome idea of ihe rate at which our population is daily increasing, nnd this is only ihe commencement 01 n. 1 his is 1101 oniy myopmion oi 1110 state ot ihings, it is that of every sober, reflecting man in the colony, from the Governor downward. Everyday flour 1 rising by jumps of 5 per ton at a time. It is now 35 a ton; to-morrow, in all probability, it will bo A- ii. our umy nope is in America, irom our friends, 'ho Yankees, Any one shipping flour here now would unite an immei.so fortune, 01 our own growth thero will be liitle or nono ibis venr. In addition tn thi. our social condition is fearful; only fancy bmlie of ......vm l ieu iooo)g nno ine snops aim goiu omcot in broad daylight, ahoniing at the owner, and making clear ofl'with tho spoil r As for stirring out nfterdork, 11 in iiinnness. A STARTLING DISC0VEEY! Dating tho late trial of Archibald. Senman ami Wal- ler Jinnies, on. a charee of Ilurularv. in the Lorain County Common Pleas. th- existence of a Secret Scei- ety wns disclosed, tho designs nnd tendency of which ono or two extracts from it nroimhlennd eonslitntion Will fltllheientlv explain. In tho first "nledire." ihn member bind himself to secrecy under a pledge of annus ann chattels, lands and tenements, and hi LIFE nnd HODY." The prenmbln recittes that VA hereas all Governments nroiniitiitfd and controll ed lor the 10e purpose to aid the learned against the nn learned, the strong against tho weak," &c, &c 1 leugeme oecotid " contain Iho following clause: " I pledge furiin-r that I will disregard all Riot or Ara- tional Law lhat has a tendancy or will even permit the designing knave to rob the honest and unsuspecting, and ub my iulluence bIidII be against Iho wealth of the aristocrat, bo it shall be in favor of the laboring poor." A pamphlet copy nf tho constitution of this diabolical cnnn.deralioii was taken from the pocket of one of the defendants, after he hud broken j-dl and been recaptured. Tim following certificate wub bIbo found in Barnes' pocket: M.S'IKNTKB SOCII IN AMICI. f PnoTKCT thy ItiioTitRfl.) Kni,w all wlmm It mny concern, I Ho TV Oft' Fn'NbS. f Thst B C. Cimrurl- li ifnlv nnlhu. rlzd to inoiltuto (Jmnd Division, No 3, according to Hie Const . jaiion and Itulps ot the Order. And the ssld C. II. Cbsokt Is hm by vu"fnled Foreman of said DMdon, and Is to preside t -am Kirim ,n, until m auecessor isenoien ana quouera. (itven under my hitnd.aiid llmie.t fd tho Order, this I'ltbday ol October, 1H.VJ. O. FNI.UM, .W.J P. S. P. It Will bo berceived llml thn unities nm in evnher Iho key of which was discovered during tho trial. It consists nf adopting the tetter in Urn alphabet immediately succeeding Iho real one used in spoiling. This communion of plunderers, iho germ of which wns thus orongiiT io jif,(t m i.nrnin county, was to have branches m every State iu ihe Union. It i said lhat a gentle-man who has been a liepresentativo in the Ohio Legislature wa nt the head of Iho bund in this State. Tbis is tho " higher law" with a vongennco.and ihopo-ple of Lorain may well congratulate ihemselve upon the MFi-overy nntl Disruption nl Iho hand. Cam Jiegtster. SORROW'S TEACHIN08. ' How it if" said I. despondinplv. to Aunt Millv. lhat yon, who have been Bleeped lo the lip in trouble, can bo so cheerful T" " Listen to me, Ellon. You know mv first great Bor row, Ihe loss nf mv husband. When the erave ebisi d over him, the shir of hope faded from tho aky. I could seo no mercy in tho hand lhat dealt lhat blow. Tho green eorih berumo one wido sepulchre; Iho sweet ministrations of nature had 110 healing power. In my selliih despair, I would have tOirouded the blue he av-ons in table, and thrown n pall of gloom over every hnppy hoart. Month pasted by slowly, wearily, and I found no nlfeviatmn nl my sorrow ; no lenr came to ease that dull, dend pain, that seemed crushing tho life from out my heart; no ttnr of Bethlehem t-hoiie through ihe dark cloud over my head. " I waa titling one afternoon, na usual, motionless and speechless. It wna dark and gloomy without, as my soul within Tho driving slept beat heavily against ihe window. Twilight hud act in. My liitlo Charley had patiently tried for hour to amuse himself with his toys, now and then glancing sndly ot niy mournful fnco. Hut the oppressive cloom was becom ing unendurable to lliochild. At length, creeping slow ly to my side, nod lenning heavily otfainal my shoulder he said in a half sob, ' Docs dod lore to $re yon look 10, " No, no, Charley !" said I. a I clasped him to mv heart with repentant tenra, " No. no ! I'll cloud vour sunny face no longer. ' "Ala ! dear Ellen, I but turned Irom one idol to another ; I unve God itie second place. and lived only for my boy; and so my wayward hoart needed another lesson. Tho grave look in my last earthly treasure. Hut when tho Smiter IibiI done his work, ihoso littlo lips though silent still soul to me, uodloveth the cheerful gtver; ami 10, amiliog through my lerirs, I learned to say 'Thy will be done.' Dear Ellen, il the good Father takes ateau with one hand. He girvi tcith the other. There i nlways some blessing left. Ilka blade of $rat$ keeps ain drap o'dew .'" Fanny Fern. THE DEPTH op THE OCEAN. The Royal Society met on the 7th nit., tho Earl of Enuiskillen, Vice President, in the Chnir. A very in-lerestiiigcommunicalion from Captain Denbain, It. N., of her Majehiy's shin Herald, wa read. Oaiwain Don hmi is engaged 011 a scientific voyuge in tho above sn-p, nuu among outer sno-ecis, ne was piriicuiarly enjoined to endeavor on favorable occasions to ascertain the depth of the ocean. Tho present communication gives nn account of a deep-sen sounding in 7,701 fathom, iu 3(i deg. 10 min. tenth latitude, and 37 deg. C tn in. west longitude, Tho sounding was obtained en a calm day, October 30, 1W2, 011 the pn-sago from llio J ineiro In tho Capo ol Good Hope. The tounding line was 1-lllth of an inch In diameter, laid into one lencth, and weighing, when dry, 1 lb. for every 1110 fathom. Captain Denlinm received from Commodore M'KeeVer, of the United Stales Navy, commanding Ihe Congress frigito, 15,(101) fathom of thi line, 10,0110 on ono reel and 5,000 on another, and he considers it to have been admirably nilapted for Ihe purpone for which it was mndo, and to which it wns applied. The plummet weighed 0 lbs., and was II inches long, and 1 7th of an inch iu diameter. When 7.70(1 fathom bad run off the reel, llm ion hoiiom wn ronched. Captain Denham ttnted that Lieutenant Hutcheson ami himself, in tennral hnma with Iheir own hands, drew tho plummet on 50 fili. om several limes; and niter il had renewed its descent, it slopped abruptly at the oiiginal mark to a nm loui nnu wouni nm lake nnniiier turn nil l ie reel. Tho whole time taken by the plummet In descending 1 uiinaoi:i.iiiiueMn 111 ( , uo iHinoms, or f geogra nil-Ill mile nf f;o 10 a degree, was 0 hmirt nnd 24 min ute nnd Ait tecum!. Ttie highest summits of ihe Himalaya am tittle more than 28 00ft leet. or 4 7 neo- uraphicol miles above tho ten. The boo bottom has therefore dep'hs greatly oxceeding the elevation of Ihe highest pinnado above it surface. Great care wns token iu the endeavor In bring ihe nhimmal neain lo ihe surface, to show the nature of Ihe bottom, but while carefully reel mi; in, tho line broke at 140 fathoms ho- low ihn wa'er line, carrying nway ihe thermometer which had been attached lo it at 3,000 fathoms. This sounding is Iho deepest that has ever been made. Tnr HnoKFN Panic Animation now universal I v nak ed In every anct nly In Puna is, "Have you seen the nn'sen winunw r This refers to an accident of a verve xtranrdinarv na. lure, followed, however, by a vory improbable result. which occurred a low days since, in the Hue do lo Ibitirso. M. Moliere. a bootmaker, at No. In ibnt street, has had fortune " thrust upon him" by a rart knocking against hi shop window. Hither tale at night a reaiivo horse backed a cart nsainat the ir shutter nl ihe shop-front wiih such forro that a pane 01 piam glass nnnieuiaieiy Dehind Urn part stnirk was crneKco inm monaural 01 splinters. M. Moliere's first care was to secure the address of the owner ot the horse and cart, nnd In the mom ine ho was about in tend for a glaiier, whose bill he would have charged lo ine person responsioie lor llie trespass Upon hia prop orty; but this window was cracked in such a ninuner-at no window ever wa before, nnd M. Moliere observ ed that every panser-by 111 ihe street slop, o il to look at it and exclaimed, " How curiou!" " llow extraor dinary. ' During llio whole day n crowd wns collected 111 front of llm I oiiso. It then occurred to M. Moliero tht since his broken window appeared to possess audi nt irnetinns for the ptiblic.it might answer tn make Ihe public pny for ihe gratification of their curiosity. Ac cnrdtnjly he put up his outside abutter and charged ono t ratio per hnnd lor ndmittnncn to hit shop. Visitors flocked lo the exhibition, ami in a few hours the fnmo nf it spread far nnd wide. Not a single pnrtieln nt glott hut (alien out, but tho crocks radiating irom iho centre with wontterhii regularity nro so nnmoroiii, that the patio presents tho appearance of a gigantic cob- woo. Keen irom ihe interior ul the simp by gaslight, it rtllccta Hie prismatic colors with extraordinary bill Uiiiicy. and mav be cnninared to a nencuck's tail, A speculator in ottered ihe enormous sum 01 4.00111. for 1I10 purchase of the fragile property, nnd the oiler lins been refused. M. Moliere calculates that he ahnll receive that turn in franc from the Parisian alone, ami afterward (he pane may be removed in it iron frame and tarried round the provinces. This event hua m ule more sensation than any other llml has occurred m Pari since IWw 1 ear's Day. llie excitement is on the increase, Crowds ton poor to pay the admission money, stand nboiil Ihe bouse In talk over the story, nntl ninthemalieal students in the Quar tier Latin are working problems, in the confident hope o finding out how to crnrK n not tier window 111 anme way. "Say, Ciesar Augustus, why om your legs like 1 organ giiudnrT" ' Don't know, Mr. Sugnrlonf why is they t" "Cos they carry a monkey about the ttreet." political. ASTOUNDING DEVELOPMENTS BOBBERY OF THE STATE TBEASTTRY BY THE GALPHINS FRAUDS OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. Tho Hamilton (Butler countvl Intelligencer has au article that is worthy (he attention of tho pen unio. ino lactt, herein contained, aro trn v oiurumg, aim flticutd iw gravely considered by Iho tor payers of tlio 8tate. Tho result of Locofoco manage-mentof our public works is just what it waa in former times, and just what It ever will be (ill competent. honest men are again restored to the control of ihese important interests. But read the fullowina: , Senator Ki I bourn liaa tent na a reonrt nranntod Lo him to the Legi-lature ond Iho people of Ohio 0 moat important document "on iho subject of a sale of ihe public works of Ohio." Tho mora material parts of this report wo shall publish next week. Whatever we may think of the nrononitinn to tell M public works, Mr. Kilbouru has presented facts for Iho consideration of the people which ore perfectly a tounding. To Ihoso who have observed the operations of certain officials in ihis corner of iho State, this development of the "Galphinn" wot not unexpected. I But the amount of tho fritid npon the State Treasury I Which must have been tmrnntmtod nm mtirh di-..i.i. than any ono anticipated. We have prepared iho following synopsis of tho facts presented in tho report of Mr. Kilbouru, showing tho amount received and expended on each of the public workt of the Stato during the yeort 1851 and 1852 with the net lost and revenues of the several workt each year : Rtrtipts and F.tprndUurts of each of the Public Works of the Stat' Irois am't Aro't. ex 1 1 ol tolli re- pendi-d for Net Ion. Net gftLl. celrpd. 1 repairs, j Minml&Krto Oatial Oliin canul WVIiandingranal. Muskiofpim Jm- :i57 4'J4y.'iWi,5."8 44! 4I9K 13.181 lt,i)15 4;' -J.WlCa; $I,C3(tS0J 307,. !U oa )reveif,ent iieltinir ennui.... r8,41B"W 11 ,14 bo in ni p:i 7,001 jy: i.n,-c 4,i Western Itilfrvt & MllimiPO t-imr) J,e!J3 71 13,745 (il 28,377 11 p,iqo no' 35,'WI 14 National Hnd .... ' " VJO7,07.-i54 KU'MMrci atxS) ,u na in Induct losses .... j j , itc! " ' 1'rocfcdt 01 public works in le5l $546,11; !W Ilrrtipm and I'rpmititnrrs of tarh of the Ptibtie 0VA.1 nf the State dross am' am't ex ol Mti ro ceived. pended lor Nctloa. Net fain. repfira. MfstnlfeKriectuiil ?:iJ!),.V:9ai "hificnnnl J14UII 8 i IT) (HI 1 in Wklhondlnff csnal. 1,9:17 57 3, 7 15 feti Muskingum ImprovementHocking csDsl..., Win torn Keservi- nan Sfi5in io 15,4(10 ;Ci I 15 781 9?' a8,(J73 80 1 5,491 911 A: Miiimi'P rrmri. 13 (I'M 191 P,117?fil S,e!tl) liol Natluoril ftoad .... Totnli Sr.9:!-J.182$l7, 70 53 .'05 808 W I 17,:,7U Deduct losios..... Net proceed! of pat-lio works in 1853, l88,2i)lT Tliis report shows thnt durinir Iho voir 1R.1 A. I' Miller and his assistants have expended on tho Memi and Erie Caual, tho enormous sum of three hundred ntd thirty fire thousand, seven hun Ired and fifty-six dollars and thirty five cents, while tho whole amount oflho receipts of this great thoroughfare, from Cincinnati and ihe vtnnBBti volley lol.ake Krie, have beent-nly $ 129,52"! Thero waa a LTent flourish nf Miller wna elected President of the Hoard of Public Works. What do the neoplo think of Ihe evidences f hit capacity and economy now before them T Tho iet amount of revenues received from the Pnblir Woiks in 18.11, wa $.148,118 00. In lR.ri2, which wos yearof unexampled prosperity ami activity noon nnr puunu worK, uie net revenues were SlttevJU", 17 .' io wonder ihe Lecislalure hud it necessary lo do BoinnuiNj. hi uirn aMiie me inuignaiioii 01 1110 people who novo lieen thus robbed. Insteiid of selling out the piblic works, would ll not ho good policy and a great Baving, to "tell out" Iho HOAHD of Public wnr KB 1 The nronusition to tell tho nubile work of thn Soil it a men nomission that ihe nlhcials wlio have the man agement nf ihem are corrupt. It is in f flVct iho plea -ii ninny. ii ine uoaru 01 runiic noma were composed f men " honest, capable nnd faithful," no- ootiy would have proposed lo sell out; but with such men ns Miller, Steed man and others to control the pro peny 01 too ointe, ami uraw money irom the Ireaaury l ihple uwn aivwt.1 will, viltmiit J.w. n, wniir iLm entire revenues of ihe Miami and Erie Canal are wallowed up in lobs anil contrncta for tho benefit nf Ihemselve and Iheir favorite. The Voulzes, and Harney a, ami Mnlrines, under other n nines, are again fattening noon the Slate treasury, and like leeches sucking nut llie substance nf the people. He it remembered thatthit .j-I9,33 82, expended for repairs 10 the public workt in wa drawn from the Ireaaury by Ihe Hoard of Public Works, not only without niiiliorily of law, but iu violation of the coiisiiuiiion, ue any man believe that ihn Legislature would have authorized Mr. Miller tn draw from iho treasury ihe enormous sum nf fn5 7fifl 1)8 for the repain of the Miami and Erie Cabal f Not a member would have dared to vnio for the appropriation nf half this sum. Thn people will demand to know who received this money, and for what purpose it was pnid. Wo will lane care to punnh an thn information which ran be btained from public documents nnd nuihentic anurcca upon this subject. These Galphins need attention, mid we trtiat the Whig preat of Ohio will not fail to show them up nt they deserve. MODE OF DOING BUSINESS IN CONGRESS. The mod of doing business in Concrross is thus graphically and truthfully described by the AVm 1 ark Express . The way law are now inndn in Congress it inch that vicious legislation will never be corrected until the no proprintinn bills are killed, and auextrn session iscom- polled, as a consequence ol the loss of these bill. A iptasi revolution, in thus stopping thn supplies, nmv awaken the people, perhaps, lo tne outrage and peril that exist in the now long prevailing habit of enacting 1110 most important low irom 11 o'clock lo li o'clock 111 the morning, between lite nicht beloro and the (lav of the 4ih of March. For ten years past the halls ot' (he Capitol have been ihrougid day and night in March, or on thn cloning days of the loon aossiona. with an army of lobby members, pushing all sorts nf Miings inm me appropriation tin in, aim exeritmi nil arta of influence, illegitimate generally, and such as is 10 na deplored. 1 ho committee roonia are hi led wiih wine ami brandy by tome of these lobby members, to wtiom somebody surrenders ttieso rooms, nntl henco it it not wonderlul that, amid tbeuiler exhaustion uf con linunut sessions night nnd day, the human frames of even ihe honest and wiicbl'ul givo nut, and lhat scheme! are undertaken and measure carried which. In cooler mo-meats, could receive tittle else but a corrupt support. Healdes, oh Congress nowadays will do littlo or noihins bul what it doea iu the appropriation bills, there ia 0 kindly disposition lo engraft upon ihemsiirh measures os meinbertdeem "good,"upon which otherwise there would be no earthly bopj ol iciion. 1 his considera tion, taken in connection with the fact lhat corruption really desires no action upon the appropriation bills nil the very last hours of tho session, when, amid (be noise and conlusion, corruption can best conceal itsell, eua h;es ihe bad 10 mix up with iho good such a enrioMty at the lost civil and diplomatic bill presents: a bill which 110 five men tn either llnuao of Congress under stood, nr count uiaiersianu, unlets ihey were on tin committees of Conference. . Tho civil noil diplomatic bill was twice voted down initio House of Representative during the night ol 1110 .nt 01 .Milieu, luainiy uecnnau 1110 memiiert hail lie menu a of even guessing what waa in it, but partly because there was a general inrre te of pay for Secreta net. for foreign Missions, 'C, tS:c. The Democratic .Senators, about 4 o'clock, 0. 10.., March 4ih, came (own in nnmbiMt and fell upon their friend in tin House, telling them tbis would never do: when ihe great body of the Democratic party rhnnged Iron I, to. warn iiavNgnr, mm voted tr iho bill that had lie before twice rejected. What lliey voted for, not twenty ol them cou'd scarcely tell ; because they wen Inking the report of the committees nf Conference, which come, never in plain English, but in a rl ol algohrnicormftfa, thnt not even a Washinclon veteran gtslatnr without ttudy can well comprehend. Congressional legislation is at present nn Oi ifunriiT. and leu or twelve men in one House or ihe oiher do nearly llie wb -do work. II thn other member were all lo stay nt home, and In receive iheir pay, Ihoy might be of some service iherej but as legislator in Wnshington Ihey ore mere cyphers, and ol but very Utile ovail under the present modes ol doing hniuea. That this statement it, in the main, correct, and scarcely nn exaggeration, wih be obvious from the nbtervationn thnt follow. It would be a good question f, ,r a debating tociety. "Which of tho two bodies showed llm grentesl corruption and least attention In buiineas, at their last b- sion respectively, the Federal Congress or the Ohi Legislature!" Thero 1 noway but for iho people to aweep out Iheir Augean sinbh-B. A Countryman, nosinu about a certniii Hotelier' shoe in Mulberry street the oih r morning, espied some dim inoing meat, and tmmednicly sung out : " I say friend, what makes lhat are mutton look so hfew T didn't die, did H T Hutcher, knowingly.' No! didn't 'jitrlly die, bul It Kinder gin emit 1 Hubert Hnll did not Into hi powers of retort even in madness. A hypocritical cnudoler with hi mi or-tunet once viaited htm tn the madhouse, and said, ui a whinuiB lone. "What bn-uclii vmi here. Mr. Hall I Hall aiiiiiilicniitlv loiiched hi brow with hit tinner, nnd replied, "What'll never bring you, sir iihi much orain." Qutuorotie. SCENE AT THE TALLMADOE HOUSE-HOTEL LIFE IN LANCASTER. Tho following tlnrv ia told nf 1. to have occurred at Ihe " Tallmadge-Honae" in this city, we presume our informant wa 011 the spot at or about iho Umo of its occurrence. We publish it for ihe ben- tit of those Gentleman whoan norltl nrn nnt f,lA with rocks' tieiierallv and moat particularly fi.r thm nmuBomcnt of our woriby boils of tho Washington, ownn, American. good lo be lost : " John.'" "Ye( air." "Carriage at the door." John ran to the dour and returned with alaree trunk. apparently not very heavy behind was a gentleman, whoso external appearance was decidedly a 'million-ire.' He entered hit name simply Mr. A Columbus, loying down his pen ho said, to John Wilton : " Landlord. I want the very bett accommodation Vour house will afford the beat for mv mnnv I'd like n parlor and a bed-room on the tame floor." " That yju can hove," taid our worthy host of the "Tnllmo.be." 3 "Join." "Yei, Bir." Eviryihing being now fairly arranged our gentleman, Mr was shown to his room by John, which ho occipied unmolested for the space of ten days, ordering eviryihing which the most fasiidiout taste detired; nvntsf urnished in hisown apartments; extra servants tfere ot his coll, &o. At the expiration of ten davs. our trentleman handed John a fifty cent piece, requesting Inm to givo it lo tho iuuuiuiu. imru iimners anion a u ay or iwoj our worthy hostof the "Talimfldee House 'lM ukin thia small payment might poFsibly boa hint for him to present his bill, accordingly, ordered it made up and presented it in person. On entering hit room, our host found Mr. A seated in the rocking chair, with hia foet resting ill a smnller one. beside him waa n tahle with three bottles of excellent old wine hit favorite brandy, a few cigars, &c. unod morning, Mr, A , snyi our woriby host. "Good morning goinl morning!" replied Mr. A., VerV Ul ad lo BOO Vim. heen eietillnllv nri-nrnmnrla. ted: never better in mv life 1 Brat ram hunm 1 hia : good table, good wines, good lorvntitB, very attentive, will send all my friends hero ; will, turely ; really sir, never was so well treated for my money have had every luxury which beau could widi i wants been satis lied," Wilson cut off hia adulation by presenting bis " I thought I would hand in your bill hero it is." " My bill, did von say 1" Queried Mr. A "mvhllH Why, sir, 1 have paid have paid all I agreed t" o wuom a ui you pay f ' '.Sir, I n:, id John: 1 etvo him fiftv cents, and told him lo hand it to you, lei's icej yes, it wn day before yesterday. Hi waa every cent I find all I had when I came here! 1 told yon I wauled tho b?t accommo- hit ion lor my money j I supposed nil along I wat hav ing it. This bill, really sir, I cannot pay sorry you xprci H. At this s1n"e tif ihe eamn John Wilson aaid Jim Rice both betrnti to sine) I a "rntce," and cut Mr. A shoit by telling him the joke wns so well played off they wonm give mm in mil nud hitv cents, provided he wo'd call on " Uncle" Fred. Shot flor of iho Washing ton, nnd play llio samo joke ou him. "My good sir. I would do onvlhinff for you : you hive been so very kind ; anything you wish j but really, sir, I cannot do that j it would nnt be fair Mr. Sh u UVr gave me the fifty cents, and fold me to come here ! .101111. " Yea, sir " "Take thi cenltemin's haeeaeu from No. and order a carriage, and tako him wherever bo withes lo go Iree." The Istt we saw of Mr. A , he was breaking for ihe "Swan." Lan. Eagle, Two merchants were standing in Wall street, (lis- coursing on bankruptcy, when one of them perceived a real live Yankee, ftiuibeiing down ihe ttreet, with a Kline nuu tncK in nit nana. 'Now for some sport,' ejaculated ihe merchant. We'll ask hit opinion on the subject of brnnkrupley, or rather his idem.' He now bailed the Yankee wiih Holloa, friend, can you tell us ihe meaning of bank ruptcy t" ' Well, I reckon I km and skin me it I don't. 4 Please explain.' ' Well, ymi ijat lend me a five for about three min utes.' Hero it is, friend now proceed.' Well, now. I owe Zeke Smith fifty cents; S.im UrnM-M, J, trttlnr, 4iri tlolUr for ibis rn cnnl Niid you five,' 'Weil, smd tho merrhnnt, ' now givo me my five.' 'Oh, git null I'm a bin,kiupt, oinl you come infer your shnre with tho rest,' and he left ihe astonished merchant a. Wo clip ihe following from the "fun" col umn of Iho Sandusky Register: Some lone bachelor editor away out in MiisonrL la guilty of Ihe following: Why it Iho heart of a lover bko ihe sen terpen 1 1 Recnuso it it a tocreler f sea creeturl of area! tioha (aize). Dreadful, wasn't it 1 And the Bnllalo Ronidi Notea must be held ivmnn. aible for this" atiticipaii-'ii:1' The Boston Bee suvb that Ihe ladies have eivnn nn lidii s, and aie now wi-aiing their table worsted mala, ll is enticipaltd that hearth rug will toon be brought into requisition by ihoso who aro unaware thnt " nature unadorned," elc. Wo aro assured that anions the last anDointmenta ai Washington is Ihe following, which we Insert here leit it should bo called news: "Grand GrowUrof ihe Mhitni Tribe Samuel Me-!nry, of Ohio." Court Baku. "Sir!" said a fierce liwver. "do you, on your solemn oath, swear that ibis it net your hand writing." " I reckon not, wat llie t ool reply. " Does It resemble your Writing f " ' Yea, I think it don't." " Do yon twenr that it don't resemble your writing T" " Well I do." " You lake your solemn ualh (bat this writing does not resemble yours In a single letter T " 1 -e-a-s ! How do you know 7 ''CatiBo I can't writo! " A Goon Onk A Utile girl of this city hat been taught by her Sabbath school teacher lhat God h(e man our of ihe dint of the earth. The inculcation f thi Bible doctrino teem lo have given her mind rather 0 practical turn, and big with ihe idea, she ad dressed her mother on her tetitru from the Sabbath School : " Ma, hat God any moro dual If It 7" " Why, my daughter why do you ask inch a quof- tion t" Because, if he has, I want lum to tnako mo a little brother!" Poor thing t Oiher little girls had h rot hers to ploy with, but alio had none nnd aha was, therefore, un happy. Tliis it no heiion Having occurred in tins city a lew dayt tince. New Albany Tribune. A Famh.v Scikk A gentleman deeply tigaged in study and a lady, pretending to knit, is perplexing him with her questions Lady (iu ihe drawling, affectionate style). Ma dealt! correctly tpeaking, whit is a dentist t Gentleman (short, sharp, nnd rather cross) Dentist is derived from deaf, French for terih. Dentist is a man who pulls teeth out. i.ady (after knitting once round, in order to give the gentleman time in be-come immersed in his honk again) Ma deah! yon taid this morning that Professor Mutiy was a great linguist. l not linguist derived from the Lhlingma, a tongue T (Sentlcman (birlly) Yes. Lady Well, iheii, is a linguist a man who pulls tongues out! ftra-tltman (very decidedly) No, madam; but I wish Iu heaven ho did 1 Exit lady, in n huff. A physlcinn having tinUlu d tho amputation of a leg of one nf his paiienl. a near relative of ihe latter took him flMdo, ond said anxiously lo him: " Doctor tin you 1 1i ink that yuur patient will recover!""Rernvei! (hero bn never been the leoit shadow of hope for him." Then what wo Iho use of your making him tnf for?" Why mv dear fellow, could you say brutally In a sick man he is dying! He must be amused a littlo." Dr. Bailie, not more famed for In medical skill than tor his strange common tense way uf displaying it, being called in lo attend F. Reynolds, Ihe dramatist, during ft nerv.'ii complaint, that fertile play-wnght snm 10 mm: Doctor, do you tint think I write loo much for my constitution 7" 1," replied Iho physician bluntly, " but you do for your reputation ' An liishmao rumiusliug iu hi hlitt upon the banks il a Southern creek, espied 0 terrapin pluming him-self."Orb. hone!" exclaimed he, solemnly, "that Wer I should como to Ameriky to see a tun tV box wnlk!" '' Whit!" taid hit wife, "don't bo aliher inakin' fun o' H e bird!" Sum's Jokk ' The candle you sold me last wera very bad." said Snelt, to 0 tallow cbnndler. " Indeed, ir, I am sorry lor that." "Yes, sir, do you know Ihey burnt to the middle, and would then burn no longer. " Yon siHpiise mo; what, Bir, did they go out t" No, air, no; ihey burnt lAorer." A petulant lady having refused a suitor lo her niece, he x postulated with her. ntid requested her plainly to divulge her reasons. " I tee the villain In your face." "That i a personal reflection, madam," answered the lover. A woman of indifferent character, being examined by 11 certain barrister with hit usual boldness, the observed, " Impudence, which has heen tha miking of yon hat caused my ruin."

VOLUME XLIII. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1853. NUMBER 30. ?4 lUtfkln Ijio State Journal iarLm.istiED at columuus kvkhy Tuesday nionmNQ, BI SCOTT ft BASCOM, jocikil imtumoi, rnuu and mu eruirs ihtanqi oh oiaa. TFRflf S MrnnnVy m arftwif s : Tn Columbus, f 3.00 a Tsar i by mull, 1 60; club nf four and upwards, $1.25; of ten and up- TM K DA I IT JOnitSAL b furuUbed to city subscriber at M OO, and tiv until nl INIft year. mi; ti;mu;kiu.y journal in $3 oo a that. RATES OF ADVEHTISING IS THE WEEKLY JOURNAL iiii.il I till i p M 0 d W 0 fH $o So fa So to 80 80 80 ' $ 9e 8 Itqutn, 60, 76 1 00 1 25 1 752 26U 604 006 000 COB 00 Hsfpuu-et, 76 1 26 1 76 2 263 604 OOfi 000 008 00 13. Il6. 1 : 1 ; ! B squaw, jl 00 1 76 2 263 604 606 000 608 0011. 17. i22 Usquartt, '1262 258 60 4 00 6 00 0 00 8 0010. 14. I I fl squar, ohnnnNible monthly, 820 year ; weukly elimufwiMe qurfrly lift. V ctiuiiiin, iMj column, chaiiirfAhlM uunr(irlv. Q column, I changeable quarterly 100. 10 llns of thli ht type li reckoned a so oar. Advertls-ament titOvod on the Insids efcclusivnly, double die abova rates. All Imiit-d notiwa chared double, and measiim! a If wild. illt0ccllauy. MEMORANDA ON ATOUR FOR HEALTH, nr h. p. willii. A few weeks since we published 'a letter of mr. wit.Lis , giving n sketch ol the city ol Savannah. The speculations in which he indulge concerning it an J Charleston, are interesting, and no doubt substantially correct. Tho remarks respecting our concep tions ol groat men will strike tin; mind as pecularliarly hippy and philosophical. Ou Iho wholu it itt a readable document, which wo clip from tho Home Journal: Tho sensation of driving, through tho street of Sa vannah, ordinurily, is not vory pleasant. One hales tci throw away 10 much plowing. The action of a heniiti-fill hone is quite destroyed by ihe dead pull of the Binning wneois and lite etiort ol wading leilock-deep through ihe guild. Hut it ii wonderful what n difference in the grt nhoiil-nhlotieti in made by a hunvy filiower, Tho city seeniBsuddenly paved with inarhlo. racked with tho ruin, tho sand is so hard ns Bcnrce tn tnko mi ini predion of a wheel, and, for half-u-day nt a lime, a ciirridgo at Savannah tuny thus become n luxury dried into a im ro necesMty, again, of course, bv tho second day of fair weather. Nature has supplied a convenience for traveling over Band the camel's foot elastic nnd Ihitteniiig out with pressure. If 1 were a resident of Hnvuuuuh. L think I should import a email dromedary, "to drive in a buggy," or (tier a premium for llie invention of an liidia-rubbcr horse-shoe, on llie camel'-font principle, Tho article would bo saleable in New Jersey and other sandy neighborhoods m well. Hivannah ii a place to go and be good in. I flaw hut 0110 sinful circumstance while there a small shop open on Sunday evening, for tho in In of cigars and umbrellas evnry tiling 0U0 looking unexcepliotiahly exemplary. The world has not boenmitliciently praised for the variety in tho character of its cities. It will he appreciated when railroad have diwiolved the charm by abolishing iho dinianoe that secured to earh its sep-arato aimosphero. There oro states of mind very varied which require changes nf scoue quilo os vnried. Ol Hie winter pilgrims to iho South, it is happier that there is a Savannah for aomo and a New Orleans for others. Asa Valloinhrosaof retreat for thointormiitent student f.r ono who would hko to slop living and being beard of, long enough to write a bonk or perfect u theory Sivimnah is tho ono best place,ready-ch-ia-lereil and hushed. With 11 presentiment (afterwiirdi coidirmrd), that, by go ng too early Nonh, I was leaving what linto conviilopcenco I hud picked up in 1 warmer climo, I emb;irked for Charlentnn on the evening of iho .lib ol M:iy arrived tho next murniiig, after a rough, cold and thoroughly uncomfortable panij;e. Q iito pmn-trated bysua-iicktiPHsaud inllttcnza, nnd hiving more! desiro to see Charleston than any oilmr point of my : winter's travel, I had never found illness more iintime-1 ly. Wo rejoined here somn of our felhtw-voyagers in the tropic, but Ihe moat admired mid b.-loved of that i happy company lay dying under Iho same roof with us, and a melancholy a'lncna weighed upon all who had known her. Altogether, I obtained but an imperfect and clouded view o llie great inetmfiolid of tho SjuiIi. My best remembrances of it were such as do not come within a traveler's chronicle the meet ing with valii"d friends and nrquainlnnc.es. It must pass for the broken page of my journal to bo rewritten, if possible, wiih a better know led go here-afrer.In what little I saw of Charleston, iu my mopinci-nbout, I was impressed with tho nir it wears of a town built for gentlemen. It is a littlo behind-hand with paint and repairs, but, in tho contrivance and rbarac ter of its private residences, there is t lie original imprint atiil legible, nf first-owners who built exclusively each nno for taste and comfort of his own. Thro is none of the amputated look given to city building by tho more utilituriau taste ol iho North. Kvrn in houses of very mi ib-rato preiensioiis.it was quite evident that tfio plan had not been sent back to tho architecture, shaved of all its superfluities ol olegaoco merely. In the hay windows, verandahs, odd angles, pnriiroeaaiid gardens, and in the nnsiereotjpt d variety with which the caprices of ornament had been combined. Urn look oT refinement quite at its ease, and apprehensive ol neither eclipse nor criiicism, is very manifest. Kvory house looks as if tho same fitnily bad always lived in it. Without ulricl architectural tale, this atmosphere nf household guds may bo made to envelope n homo with an individuality more attaining to children ami more inspiring ol respect ; and I must own, lhat to my eye, it is nu innovation upon art worthy of studying.In ihe days when North and South were moro intimate tho gay society of the two latitude holding an etpmlly divnled empire over Hallston and Saratoga Charleston was tho unquestionable Corinth, fimn which enme the best models nf gentlemen and ladies. Wiih iho plantation cmmervniiHin ol family custom of sending sons to Kuropo for education general b ibit of yearly travel, and prevailing tone of courtesy nnd chivalry banded flown from n superior class of fust inhabitants this mny easily bo accounted for. Tho mark ol it would still impress a stranger in walking the street nf Charleston or looking in iiton its society. Shouldered nnido as the citv is, somewhat, perhaps, by tho current of u Progress," and becalmed in the still water of such reipeclabiliiy and dignity ns this " fast " ajje vilt l ave In hind, its gayetics probably as emhte, at the present lime, a higher hied class ol oo'ii and women than any other capital of mir inuntry. Tim epidemic rnge, f.,r neiionnod conflict with llie world, which is Ki'iihii! ihe nohleoieti n Knghind to lecl'iiing, will soon reach here, dnilblles. and lively ly Charleston up to the dreg-stirring acliuty of New York ; but nvuitlime, it atreetsnro walked by c utle-m who look tranquilly noble, and its drives are gracid by ladies who ait in their carriage with the tiirof princesses at leUiire. There is a childish iliiappointmont (which I ilo not find lhat I outgrow), in th lint visit to most largo capitals. Until mm teet a lamnus place, its ft r tot men lorui a consitcuoUH part ol ttie Mont pirinre nl it. A boy, in going for Iho lirsl time to Huston, lor instance, would leel an tinexpl iiiiable di.ippointmeut not to oe Webster with at h ast n domo and cupola; I'res-cott with a Gothic arch to him : Emerson with a stee ple, and Everett with a colonnade all round or some equally t uigible, visible, ami imposingly architectural proof that Una is the lloiton of which, as seen from a distance, those men compose so largo a part. I had always thought of Charleston, South Carolina, ns a city built not so much of brick as o Calhoun not so boauliful for its public walks as for its Washington Altitun. To arrive there, and walk through it, and drive round it, without te ing anything ol ihem no sign 01 1110 bih ids man ami puinfer who would still how for Charleston, though tun city wero sunk by an earlhquako waa to find it "leas of a place" than I hail expected to take out the clory from the picture nud put iu brick. It it to this feeling (among others) that cities om monuments for its groat men. Willing to pay for gas, they ahould bo willing to pay also for tho " nebulous aurora" of genius which, shining (mm there, lights thorn up ao that they are seen iho world oyer. Thn Dutch Invo an invention for helniiia a vessel when the is aground placing bno)nnt lluata on each aidoof her, aiukinu them till thov cnu run a timber through, and then removing the weight so that all risen logoiuor. L-erroooranw quotation is anraetimet necessary to do a simdar service and brinir a writer sufelv into port. In the present slalo of low water In the river of poetry, I have probably run aground in tho passage lust written, and will, therefore, make sure of a buoyant conclu-hm, by applying afloat or two in the way of confirmatory remarks by greater authors, on ine tame buojuci ; "Fontenello was never moro gratified than when Swede, arriving at iho gates of Paris, inquired nf the custom -homo olhcor where Konteiiello resided, nud expreiaed his indigtmtinn (lint not one of them had eve heard of his name." A distinguished man, in a eulogy on I.tebnim. s iid The Elector nf Hanover united under his dominiun an HlectnrAte, the three Kingdoms of (ire t Hriiain Ann iiiinniTa ann m.WTON. "Spinosa, when he gained a humble livelihood by grinding optical gUai-, was visited by the first Gene ral itt Ruropo, who, lor ihe sake of this philosophical conference, suspend d ihe march nf (he army." " A Bnlomn funeral honored iho remains of the pool Klopstock, led by the Senate of Hamburg, with fifty inuusnnti votaries, an penciraicu ny one universal sentiment, thnt this miiltitiiilc preserved a mournful si lence, and iho Interference of the polico ceaietl to be necessary through the city, at the solemn burial of the man of emua. "Ia terrara, the imall house which Arioato ball! was purchased, to be preserved, bv the municinalitv. and there they still show the poet's study ; and, under his bust, a simple but aftecting trihute to genius re- ooraB, mat i.wtottco Arto$ro in tim apartment wrote. " Travelers never fail to mention Erasmus when the city of Hutlo ucciipiet their recollections, bo that, as Hiyle remarks, ' he rendered the place of hit death a$ celebrated as that of hit birth! ' " " The Grand Duke nf Tuncnny became jealous of mo aueniion pant to iVngtiahecclii, as Birangers usually went to viit Magliahecchi before the Grand Duke." Wo cannot bury tho fame of mir English worthies- that exists before us, independent of ourselves; but we oury tno ininience or their inspiring preence in those immortal memorials of Benin ensv to bo read by all men their statues and their biiBts, coniigninp them to tpott ieldom v'uUrd, and often too obtcurc to lie STORY OF AHUM0RIST. Extract of a letter written in 1792. Well, I have seen your friend, ar;d find him to bn exactly what you described him as being a humorist. Ilo seems to have imparted much of that character to every thing around him. His servants are nil admirably disciplined to second his whims, nud his very furniture is, for the most part, adapted to iho same purpose. Thi put mo upon my guard ; nnd there was hardly nny thing in tho mom that I did not touch with npprehccsioti. No trick, however, was practised upon mo; nnd. us I found subsequently, I was indebted for such indulgence to ono which was reserved for mo at night, 11 net which was such as perhaps nil my English phlegm would not have euabh-d mo tn hear with pa-ticnci). I escaped, however, being put to tho proof, by iho merest accident the arrival ! a poor Scotch surveyor, who wu thought a fitter subject for llie often repeated experiment. The Scotchman was treated with cxlremo hospitali ty; no was neipen to everything 10 cxcohb; nis glass whh never nnowea to aranu mil or empty lor one minute. The potations were suspended not until, and only while the cloth was laying fors'ipper, during nnd after which, they were resumed with renovated energy. Our entertainer was tike tho landlord described by Addison; ihe liquor soemod to have no other elVect upon him than upon any other voiscl in iho house. It was not so wiih tho Scotch miest. who was bv thi; time much farther advanced upon tho cruize of intox icnlion than half seat over. In this state he was conducted to his chamber a fine, lofty Gothic nparlinent, with n bedstead that (teemed cooval with tho building. I say seemed; for thnt was by no means llie case, it being in reality a modern piece 01 structure, it was ol dark mahogany, with its four posts extending completely to the ceiling of the chamber. Tho bed, however, was not more than about two feet from tho floor, thn bolter to enable the party to get into it. Tho Scotchman, with a .1 fli al ot nssiHtiuico, was soon timlrcKaed. and nnd his body deposited in litis place of repose. Ail the party then retind, wishing him a good night, nnd removing tho cnndlo for fenr of accidents. Wlieii ifio door was cloned, I was for Iho first time made acquainted wiih the structure of tho bedstead, which our host considered us hia musterpieco. Upon the touching of a spring, outside ihe door, the bed was so acted upon by a pulley, that it ascended slowly and smoothly through the four po.tts, until it cninn within two or three leet of tho ceiling. The snoring of the Scotchman was tho signal for touching the spring, and ho was soon at iho proper altitude. itie aervauts required 110 instructions how tn net. In one moment the house was in nu uproar ; cries of "fire! fire!" was heard in diflerent directions, A pile of shavings was set in ablaze opposite the win dow where poor Sawney slept. Tho hid lord voice I was continually Heard, exclaiming, " (ioml heavens ! I save the poor Scnich gentleman, jl possible; tho flames' nave got into the room just miner him! ' At tins moment, we hoard turn foil, and bellow out. A sudden silence took place every light waa extin-1 guialied, and tho whole house soenieil in ho mined in iho most profound repose. The Scotchman's voice ouid alone he heard, ronrinc out. in I he Inch dialed of his country, for &siaiauce. At length, two ol iho men servants, in lhir shirts. entered Ihe room, wiih a candle just lit, and j owning, as if jn aroused from their sleep. They found hmi sprawling 011 the lloor. o, dear, sir, w hat is tho matter with you 7 Mattr!" says he; " why, im't tho house on fire?" Not at all, sir." What was the reason of tho crios of fire, then T" Ulcus you, sir, you must Intvo beon dreaming; why there's not so much ns a momo stirring, 11 mi his honor and the whole family have been asleep theo three henrs." The Scotchman now g ive up all credit in tho testimony of his own senses. "I must ha' been dreaming, indeed, and must ha' hurt myself by falling nut of the bed " " Hurt yourself, sir! not tniirh, I hope, the bed Is so low;" and by this time it hail been made to descend to it first level. The poor Sent wns quite confused ; qni'o nsbnined at disturbing thofimily; begged a llmuMtid pardons; accompanied the servants to the door, closed it after them, and was mice moro left in tho dark. Hut the last art of tho pantomime was not performed. The spring bad been immediately touched upon closing tho door ; nnd tho bed was soon beyond the reach of our guest. We could hear him groping about, and ntieting frequent ejaculations of astonishment. He easily found iho bed post, but it was in vain he could endeavor to get in. He moved hi hands up and down. Hla leg was often lilted by way of stepping in, but nlwnys encountered the lloor upon its descent. Ho uttered exclamations nf surprise, not loud, but deep, for fenr of again disturbing the family. Ho concluded himself to bo in lint haesiou of some evil spirit. In short, when it was fonnd, by his silence, thnt he had given up llie lak ns h ip,-osa, and had disposed ol hiimelf upon one of ihe chairs, the bed was allowed to idide down again, and in Iho morning Sawney couhl not but expres his astonishment nt not being able to find il iu iho dark. Chamber' Edinburgh Journal "THE FLAG OF OUR UNION," Ono thing but been established by Captisti Si-hll) ler Hamilton' recent investigations respecting the national ll ig, namely, that it means, and was intended to mean, Union: It crow out id Ihe Unton Jack. Its star of stars symbolize union, lit thirleeti stripes are the record of the union, r-rotn ten thousand Uag-stalbt and ninst-heiids it is ever keeping nlivo tho spirit id union. Captain Hamilton's work enables us lu compile ila brief history. (hi tint seventeen!!! ot January, 177 ii. the captain ol an Englifth transport, then lyimi i ihe port of Hoston, wrote home to his owners: " 1 can eo tuereheis camp ry plum, whose colors, a littlo while ago, weio en tirely red; but on the receipt of the king's speech WlllCli Iliey niirtll) lliey iioMleil 1116 Unton t lag, Which here suppod In Ultimate (ho union id Ihe proves." The captain could not, probably, discern ihe luvices upon tho tUg, but he noted the change of col or, from royal red 10 union blue. A variety of flags worn 111,1 by iho continental in i" early mouth, of ihe revidutiomirv struggle. At the king of Kort Johnson, September 13th, I77.ri, a pecu liar ll 14 was employed, wlii''h Holmes in his Annals, refers to thus: "A ling being ihomjhl necessary for Iho purpose nt Mnals, (Jnl. .Moultrie, who wnrt re piesied hv the Untitled ol o itety to procure one, had 11 large (Hue ll ig made, with n crescent in one corner, to bo in uniform with the Intent, This was ihe first American 11 ig (adds Holmes) tiisplaved iu Smith Cam linn." The. crescent, bn it nlmerved, is nu emblem nf totcrttffntif. On the tweniieih ol Or tidier, in thn same year, Uol. John Heed wrote tins order to L'oi. tilover and Stephen May Ian:" Please to fix upon some par ticutar color inra nag and a signal, hy winch our ve. sett may know one another. What do you think nf a Ihg wiih a white ground a tree in the middle ihe moilo, ' Appeal to Heaven.' This is the Hag of our tloa'ing b'tlteriea." February ninth. I77ii, Colonel Gadsden proposed iho following design tor it naval Ihg: " A yellow field, with a lively representation nf n rattlesiinke in the middle, in Iho attitude ot going to sit ike, and llie words umternenln, Jon ttrtatt on me Many oilier ilcMgns fur tl.iiis were proposed, and seve ral, at we have just observed, were iu use. It wns not (ill June 1 1 tit, 1777, lhat Congress passed the resolution which gave to iho infant nation a Na lional ring. That resolution was 111 thn following words: 11 UVsnlved, That the litis of the thirteen United Stntea. be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that ihe Union lie thirteen stars, white, 111 a blue IP-Id, re pre- sent ing a new constellation." This waa the Ihg ol the I titer triumph n ihe revolution. It remained unalter ed till January 17!M, when the mlmistnn nf two uew St ate a added two stars lo the " consteltalion, and two stripes to the " rainbow." This waa the Ihg of 1812 tho Ihg of Lake Erie, New Orleans, and the Atlantic Ocean In lUltl, the following resolutions j were adopted by Congress:" Tint from and alter the 4th day of July next, the Ihg ol the United Statu be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be twenty stars, white, in a blue field; and lhat on the adn issmn of a new Stale into (he Union, one star bn added to Ihe union of the flag." This change was suggested by the Hon. Peter II, Wen-ihiTer, of New York. Its utility is BulhYiontly nbvl- oua. Iho II ig winch Dialed over the "Hulls of tho Montecumiis" had thirty stars in (bo Union. The present Ihg hnt thirtvonn. Long may It wavo ! Home Journal. A T.inHT nsAitii "Ufiii'l you take off my kaird beret" an id a tall, slab-sided Yankee In an Albany barber, feeling hi chin nt the sauio lime with a noise like a grater; it's flight bnird , whni d'yer Inxf Three cents for a tight baird, nn t it f" " Yes." s "Waal, go nhead, then." While the barber wna rasping "threo rent' wnilh" from bit chui, hit " Bitter" anw an asslnlant putting cologne upnn a customer's hnir, through a quill in the cork of a bottle. " Look a here, Squire," laid the Yankee, 11 can't you tquirt tome o' that ar' Vfiprxr sarte onto my head, tow t" Say, can't yer throw a leello o1 lhat in, for the three carnal' 1 PBAYEE FOB THE MIILI0N. Ood of tho mountain, God of the storm, 'iod of the flowers, (Jod of thn worm t Hear nt and bleu us, Forgive us, redress usj Breathe on our spirits Thy lovo and Thy hnsling ; Teach us conteot with Thy fatherly dealing 1 Teach us lo love Thro, To lova one another, brother Ills brother, And make us all free Free from ibn shackles ol ancient tradition; And show as 'Kb manly, 'lis godlike to labor I Ood of tho darkness, Ood of tho sun, Ood of thn beautiful, (Jod of each onn Clot ho us and feed us, Illume ub and lead us I Fhow na that avarice holds us In thrall That the land Is all Thiue, and Thou glreit to all. Scattrr our blindness, Help us da right nil thn day and thn night To lovo mercy and kindness ; Aid us to conquer mlstakos of tho past: Show us our future tn cheer us and arm ui, Tho upper, Ibn better, iho mansions Thou hnst; And (toil of tho gravo, that Iho gravo cnnot harm us. From tho Kditora' Table of tho Knickerbocker. VANDERD0NK: A MOKND OF mOW-IIIM.. Far hack in tho mistv period of nn heroic nuo. them lived upon tho summit of Crow-Hill an honest Dutchman, entitled Vaudordonk. He bought the spot, with nil itB rugged acres and stubborn globe, with guilders earned by hnrd tugging in the Father-land. Hut Iho Dutch guildors wero by 110 meaua buried without interest in the vaults of this rocky bank. Tho golden grain waveu year alter year 11 pun the sloping lufl-sidcs, and by ihe time lhat bis belly became nortlv. Vander dunk had become rich. He minded hi own business, nud seldom ajmko except when spoken to, utid then in grunting alhrmative, 'Yaw, yaw.' He waa Iho pic-ture of dogged resolution, as ho was seen in relief over against ihe sky on Crow Hill; whacking with a longgouu mo 1 ron 1 ul nones ot the thick kneed oxen always slowly plodding hut surely gaining. Tho shadow of hi capacious barns swallowed up hia snug little house, which waa all kitchen. For he had a fancy to ok out burns wiih hovels, nnd hovels with long aheds, making a tunny court, or hollow square, wherein a multitude of chickens ransacked iho chull' nt the heels of tho thoughtful kino. It wns astonishing by what alow, and jiiot, and imperceptible degree his riclien crow. For it was scarcely noticed when he drove in an additional noil, or extended an enclosure, till all nt once tho neighbor, looking upon tho circum-vullntinn about Crow-Hill, opened their eves. 114 if awakened liom n dream, and exclaimed, ' He's rich!' Heboid bun, then, at the licit hi ol prospeiity. while nil n round hia harvests waved ; hiacabbages were marshalled in rowa and compact regiments; hi catile lowed; hi hen carkled; his duck clucked; his pigeon cooed. Poor Viillduidonk ! 'Monties had nu only son named Derrick, ft half- crazy, half-idiotic, queer boy, who couhl not bo trained up to follow the plow-uhure, uud did exactly a ho pleased. A he verged towards hia majority, and showed no signs of ndvnnce in intellect, but rather received reinforcement of tho queer devils by which ho was oci-iisionally possessed, tits future prospects occupied no small portion of ihe rellecting moment of Vanderdonk, na ho smoked hia evening pipo on ihe porch. He and hia wife were beuinninif to bo well sincKen in years. wiiatMiouiu Do do with Urow-Ilill, and lo whom devise his estate in trust for his sou, who waa totally unfit to manage his idhir J When this thought had given Han sullicieiit perplexity for the time uemg, no uueu up anowier pipe, and got rid ol the aubjeet by thinking of nothing. Now this boy brought him into sail trouble at ihis period, by an unfortunate adventure, which I (-hall relate: ' Among the flocks of crows which w hoeled inces santly, in summer ami winter, above hi dominion, and iron which 'Lrnw-Hlll derived it name, Hans waged a continual war. A hundred bit of tin, wood, and looking-glass fluttered at tho end of long strings, attached to pel, , in the eorn-fielik Numerous scare crow were set up, na horriblo ns could bo invented by ihe imauiualion id' Hans, Moreover, ns occasion olibred, he made a successful shot with a long gun wiih b ing-iiiuieii, queer men, wilicn li:ul lielongeil to his grand father in Holland, nud had descended lo him as an hoir-loom. Sometime he made the crowadrimk on corn snaked in whi-ky, and a they reeled abi ut iho hillocks, knocked them on the head. Hut there wn onn crow, nlmost white, and aaid tn bo a century old, held sicred by the neighbors a an Egyptian Ibis. He walked n I most umhaiiiiGiiinhed among the pigeons, by which aisociation his nature had become lamed, nnd bis harsh caw Wim nt last modi fled into a melting coo. The neighbors had frequently said, ' Vanderdonk, don't shool thai bird,' and limine religiously obeyed the mandate, nnd regarded his guest Mill) a partial eye; lor he had been toht Hint ill-luck would he suro to attend him the moment that he nud hated the destruction of the crow. The sentiment of superstition in not the nlUprilig of stolidity, bul he resolved lo bo on the sale aide, while hi wife treated the binl wiih a religious respect. This ancient visitor. whom tho very king-bird forboro to pick nt, out of veneration, was known by the f imiliariiamenf Jimmy, nnd happy was he who in a cold winter would put in 111 way a lew hiierai iiaiuiiiii 01 corn. 'One day, Derrick, in one of hi wild moods, took tho long gun Irom the corner of tho kitchen and tiraytd away. Ho did not return at high noon in get 111 dinner, but towards sun-down, just as Hie old woman had come from milking iho cows, ho burnt into the house wiih n Inud laugh, violently siruck the butt end of the gnu on the floor, rammed his hand into hi poeketa, lilted with motiled feathers, nnd throw the dead Jimmy into bit mother's p. Tim good wlie lilleil up her skinny hands, while the very liorders ol her cap at nnd out with horror. Petrified firn moment, he sat still in ttie high-lucked chair ; then spilling the bleeding bird nut of her lap, nnd rising in a rage, she pointed wiih her linger alternately at the victim and iho guilty Derrick, as Honnea, returning from hi evening work and seeing what hail been done, crooked his MiHit arm partially closed his list, and aim ii n violent blow nt his son's ear. 1 When the people had been informi d of tho massa cre accomplished by Drrrb'k. they exclaimed, ' O Hub! what tmvo you uune r inn nave snot jimmy ! Wo would not aland in your aline forall the coin iti it your mother has in her stocking; 110,1101 lor Crow-Hill ! ' Hut Dirk only grinned utid giggled, ami nppenred pleat ed with his exploit. A for Vanderdonk, on tho occasion aforonid, bo anon nshrt had somewhat recovered fmin liisexcitement ho look tip Jimmy by lh-j legs, dug a deep hole, and buried him iu the g irden, exclaiming as ho resumed hi seat and reloaded hit pipe, 'Had lug! bid lug!' In fact, ihat very night llie worthy couple had at aree relirod, when a loud cawing was heard thrniiiih the house, aim soon alier. In their inexprcsstlde horror, they observed by iho lilit of the iiidoii, tho old crow perilled upon iho bed-post. Vanderdonk rose fmni his bed and attempt) d to reach him with ihe hnmlle of a broom-slick, but only struck the unresisting air. The imago still remained, nnd it reeatedly opened lis mouth, crying pathetically, 'Caw! cow!' while the ring-dovea and pigeons under llie eaves uttered nil night an uhilaiing lamentation. 'Had lug! bad lug!' repeated Hans, covering up his head wnh the clotlo s. And assuredly bail luck pies- nily overlook him. The next tpring.minn after In- had planted his crops, it waa announced tn him one day thnt nil the crow in Ihe neighborhood were pulling up his corn, without any regard to his signal He went out, and with one discharge of hi long gun drove them all awny. Soon alter, Derrick was musing, and ho went out with a stout mi ii k lo ihruah him ouliia way home. Inviiin he sought him nt the rend-sido ule-huo, and at nil Ins accost nmed haunts, flon he wandered over nisown domains, ni d just as he had ascended a peak of Crow. Hill, a ain!uhr omen met bis eve. He saw Derrick running out of iho woods, hi hat nfT, his hair stream ing in ihe winds, hotly pursued by a whole tl ck nf crows. 1 hey hovered itimnttiio hoy nemi nud picked nt him in Iho rear. Vanderdonk llow to Ihe rescue; he laid about him luriously with the stick which he hail lahen to whip Derrick, hut was obhgtd to give up ihe attack and join ihe boy in hislhght, They hurried over the lit his : Ihey leaped the fence and emerged into Ihe highway, taking the nenrest path tn their home. There all iho little boys, rualiing mitofachool, flung their cups in the nir, and joined in a hue. nnd cry: ' Thero they 00 ! See 'em ! ice Vm ! Cnw! caw Vanderdonk! Vanderdonk!' and all Ibn window were thrown up, and llie old women lifted their hands and oxclatmed, My ankea alive!' Arrived within-doors, the fugitive sat down breathless, well nigh Irighlotied oui of their wiis, while nil the noisy H ick c .ntinned to pick at the windows nnd invest the house. From this lime limine hardly held np his bend, but becnuio doguod and morose to iho end of hia life, still grunting at intervelt as he shook hia head, ' Had lug bad lug!' In Iho gnrden whero ho had buried the bird, atramoniiim, and burdock, nnd villainous weeds grew up, with inconceivable luxurauce and rancor. Wherever he planted any thing, while Jimmy led on die hungry hnrpies, and neither scare crow nor bis limit con availed bint any thing. As in Derrick, he scrt-nmed habitually in his dreams, and the spectre of the murdered bird continued to re-appear. Whether the house waa over exorcised by the visits of the )om inte, baa mil been hnnded down ; but a reverence for old age is to this day inculcated in the schoot-hotlfoi of Crow-llill by the Legend of Vanderdonk. ' K, W. S. Grit. Jackson's HxxntscrrtcKS or tub IUttir 01- NKv-Oiti.KAja ' Philo .lai kson' writes 10 The Sawn-nah Journal an interesting account ot a visit 10 Gen, Jackson at tho Hermitage in IHV.t, from which we ex tract the following t " 1 longed to hear hi in apeak nl his grant battle, nud 0110 of llie greatest battles to of modern history, ihe crowning exploit of his miliinry life, ihe battle of tho Htn ol January, hetore Pinw-Orleana. lie had just re turned Irom hit last visit tn that citv. and lamented thr decease of most of hit old compatriots since that balile. All tho oHioers except Col. Tiebaolt. he observed. Were dead. He then grnphicnlty described the field, the fortifications, at he laughingly called them, and ihe vie - tory ia a manner I shall nover furgel. " Mr. Baton (said Gen. Jackson) has greatly erred in hisdescription or me American work. He. says I bad a 'strong breastwork of cotton bug ' There was not a bag of cotton on trie jirld, Air 1 nnd some ttnre-hoxea and sand-bags, nr bags filled with sand, nnd thcas were ex tended along Hie lines; nut they were so low, that at the close of the nction, when the British surviving General, in command, came riding up on au elegant horse, to surrondor hi sword, when ho not near mo. I heard him exclaim, with mortified surprise, ' Hnrricades ! by , I could leap them wiih my horse !' I laughed heartily nt hia astonishment, for bo he could, and besides, on one vmg ihe works were not completed i 1 had nothing there hut acornfuld fence, if the llritiah had only known, to turn it ! Hut by keeping my men constantly throw ing over menu- nnu ladders on iho works, tho liritmli were effectually deceived. Hut (continued Gn. J.) I never had so grand and awful an idea of the Resurrection (is on lhatdnv. Alter the amobenf Ihe battle bad cleared off (our men were in hot pursuit of the Hying enemy,) then I flaw, in tho distance, more than five hundred Hritons emerging from heaps of their dead comrades, all over the plain! ruin e up and more dittinctlv visible, as the field became clearer, coming forward and RUr-rendering as prisoner of wnr to our soldiers. They had fallen nt our first fire on them, without bavins re- ceived n scratch, and luy prostrate, as if dead, till the close of the. action. Gen. Jackson regarded this action, justly, as Iho most glorious achievement of hii life. That victory was as elorious to his countrv an tn the hero of New Orlean yet lhv.$tratefrv nf ihe General in this masterly battle ha nover been duly appreciated in any history of it I have read." SOLILOQUY OF A BOY. Oh! would I weie n bov nsain." I don't boo whv in Ihe world fatbir want a to sing lhat foloru ditty so much for: and there's erundnn suvb with a siyh. "Mv dear boy, you'll nover be ns happy again as you are uuw , hum grauuma innas aoieiui, ami ciiimcs in " with tho golden hours of childhood!'' Wonder whoro ihe gold ia! If I got a penny some times when 1 was a liitlo youngster, I thought 1 was well off, nnd always felt very sorry alter I had spent it that is, after tho cukes were all gone, and then somebody was always ready with "Why, my dear ""j you con 1 eat your cent ana Keep it loo. Well, I know thnt now. but there's something I don't know and lhat is, whero is this great plenmtro in being a boy. Whoii I wna five years old, nnd had just begun to unjny Bomoiuiiig, 1 must no Dunuieu oit 10 sciiooi, nud ait nn a high bench and 110 cricket; had to say A till everything I looked upon, oven mv mother fnco. seemed one big A; and lo crown iho wholo, I wna a dunce, for it look me llireo weeks to get 011 to H, and a good deal longer learning lo 0 through Iho alphabet.And when 1 was older, I had ihe satisfaction of be in;.' called a " great nwkwnid boy," even by my mother, and when I would try and do my best, 1 was invariably laughed at. If in coming imo the room I happened to upset half a dozen chairs, u titter was raised, mid "Oh, he's a boy!" considered ufhfiont apology. f I phiyed with the bady I was sure lo make it cry, and Ihe nurse would look nit nround in see if I had pinched it; boys, she said, were full of such (rick. Wo bo to tho boy whero there are a household of girl! Why, I hove known my sisters to play all suris of l ricks, nnd John that's I invariably eot the blame. And then it wns, "John, you are younger than Mary, put up thi t'hitho line ; John you uro a great boy, nod must I car 11 to work ; jini go down the cellnr and split up 1I10 wood ; John run up tho g irret nnd bring down squah or two ; John run nut 10 tho wood-house nud el some kiudliug:" and on damp davs the q iris in- artahly held a jubilee, nnd poor John was Ihe slave. T he fact it. I don't believe but what it wnnld do thn girl good tn go out iu wet weather ns woll as the boys. Hut they're always crying out "thin shoos" and "wet feet;" and if I nsk them why Ihey don't weur thick timet) as I do, limy only laugh at me, and answer lint such clumsy things are woll enough for my. olien tell Ihem no wondor they net colds, with nothing but a bit of hco over their shoulders, nnd a piece of g4iizo on ihoir arms. It seems so funny, too, to cill boy a hardier than girls. Why ! if I thought an nul sick, tliin slippers, hare urms, nnd bare necks, 1 hoittd'nt lio n mouth. Hardy they're iho hardiest mfirtaU alive, for Ihey do it md such treatment some way. though they're mighty delicate, and teem to be proud of it ; in fact, I think n good many of them had rather have n fashionable consumption than a vnlear gocd constitution. I wonder bow long a boy is a boy : there's my sister Lmiin came home Irom board ins school "finished." as they rail it, at sixteen, while I've got to study Ihrpe year longer to know as much as she does Unit is. provided she has pot her education and I nm passed eighteen. Louisa la going to bo married next week who pretends to call her n girl? No body ; it' " Miss omst Hunt, that t-ovn? lady, m her; and it "my lenr boy," by mother, ncd " we must overlook Iho freak of a boy," by father and that' the way they talk to mo nnd of me me, John Sand, that's next to the heid of the fumily. ntsierscnn tto anything ihoy please, even to wenr-g false hair and every oilier false fixing, and nobody says a word ; but Ihe first lime 1 put mi n dickey, tl wns almoM a much a my lite waa worth lo meat wiih tho faintly. I thought I could bear it like n hero, lint Iho " loha," nnd " ah " the pulling the point up over my cheeks, tho mock animation to Mr. SmiiU, Ihe derisive laughter, wa more than I wo prepared lor, ami 1 actually ran from the Inane, while all the :iri.i flimuted niter nm, ' lioixl-bye. Mr. Hands; lake are of that new dickey." I brought home a nice razor-box the day I was eigh teen, nnd for n xiv keeping, hid it in the garret between ihe rafters. Vain precaution ! When 1 got home, box, brushes, straps, powder, nud razor, were all parad-d upon Ihe tablo, nud a little scrap of paper pinned lo the wall, nu which was written "Johnny, dear, be careful; little boy should not play with edged tools ;" ami 1111 my sister could sing that dy, wns, "11 Irog he wouni a-conning go." Nover wns I to angry in my life, but I bore It like a philosopher, only it did Iry 1110, when of mornings 1 thought my-elf unobserved, to hear a uinlinir outside the door, and my btllo, six yenr old sister lisp, inatign 1 by !der ami moro wteked tptrila. "Johnny, hero's pussy wants lo be shaved. ' And so It 1 m everything; it seem u ratine that men who profess In to much d bruit v after ibeV are tweiily.ono, ahould b ive to nu limit to so much indlgni- y up 10 me very poniers. 11 curlmit, nnd it puzzles me: it a a fact in metaphysics that I can't at count for nud 1 ifon t suppose I ever shall, li t mirlynlom, and you won't cnteh me otter I'm iwenly-oue. singing" I wouni i were a liny ogain. unre Hranm. THE GOLD MANIA. We have met nowhere so ttriking, wo might say re-1 tting picture a are presmtcd in the annexed ex-' tract o tho nwtul scene exhibited nt Iho gold digging by Ihe furious strife nf men lor llie precious ore. inn poet n:ui wines.eii Homing HKe lln when lie polio nl the wrl surra famet. Ihe extract are from tiers published 10 Hie Inverness Courier, which lhat paper amies wero from respectable people who had I'lnigra'ed from that quarter ot Scotland In Australia, f he jouni d v no dies for the authenticity of tho docu ment. 7 ho following it from 11 teller dated Mel bourne, September II : National Intelliffenrtr. "Things will not hiit forever in (hia way. Thero will he an outbreak here beloro many years. Nothing but separation from I'.iigiiiiid ia talked of. Thousand it nukees nnd California!! ure swarming m every week, nnd thousands of ihe ritf-rnlf of all iho woild The country ia 111 a fearful state lor want of protection, roiineries and murders are cummtiii tl with impu nity. I steep every night with n pair of pistols under my pillow, my fatuer't big sword hung up by the bed-It' ail, and also ou American bowie-knife under my pillow. Our house, to be sure, ia in a lonely and m untitle ttluntion, and it thus liable to attack nt any time of night, but we do not like leaving it to oomo and live in his vile Melbourne " In another letter, the tamo writer speaks as follow: " It would be utterly impossible tn give you nny idea of the state of things in Melbourne now. It is such hi iho world tinveraaw before, ami perhnpj never will ngmn. vutn uiouaamia arivmg every day Irom Eneldtid, California, and America. &.c, we have at ill iho tamo number of houses in Melbourne that wo hud w hen the population wat only about 21,00 ), before tho gold discovery. You may think what it must be now. A cnmnleio wiiderneta ol lent fiat annum up all round (he city, in which all the most hardened villain in the colony have their haunts, and through which ll is not safe to walk in b usd day light. The whole in terior of llie country iacomph tely overrun with hands of bushrangers, mounted, armed, and thoroughly or- gainful 1 ho murders and cruellies ihey prticue m their victims are fearful. They perform their exploits quite in ihsisamo style as the old banditti; however. they someiii.es get caught. A pany of them, while prowling about 1110 noun ovcrinnu roau irom Mount Alexander lo Adelaide, iu Smith Australia, stopped lo rest and refresh themselves at a shepherd's hut, and thero openly staled lhat lliey were lying in wait for 1 Prirly of digger who were returning with a lariri quiiniity 01 gold. iothing more was aeen nt Ibetn lor two dnys, when two of them returned, one so fearfully burnt over Ida body that he died in a few hours t the other one also died Irom the effect of a sun-shot wound. I lie other three nl ihe sang were missing. A fewdnva niT, no oorni remain 01 peverni iiivn were loll ml n short distance on thn roail.and it ultimately turned out that the party they intended to have robbed bad overpowered Ihem, and taken a fearful revenge by burning ihem to death. Tlieso men were all old convlclt, Is not this a practical illustration of the evil indicted on iitese colonies ny tho continuance ol the Iran lion system f Hut there sn aood time oominii.' nud if it it to be continued, why. the sooner Hie colonies nro indepetident th bettor. Thoynro already ripo for ll. 1 have no hesitation in saying that the gold diggings nnvn nasieneu ine nppmncuni uiai event ny nlly yeais. It it not tn be supposed that a country which enn ex- port twenty millions sterling per annum In gold dust I will Ions submit to be mndo the sink hole nf Rnolan,! 1 However, it is nn nso talking more about lhat subject, 1 1 am writing this in my oillce, which li splendidly ailu- ated, being a very high room, and having a view of 000111 twenty miles down tho Poit Philip Biy.so that I can see every chip and steamer lhat comes in, nud 11a I hive a full view of tho telegraph station, 1 can tell t a glance what part of the world they are from. Whilst I am writing there are three large ships coming Hi from London, two from Livernonl. one from Hristo . ono from the Cape of Good Hope, one from Now York, two from San Francisco, and a whole fleet of traders between here and the neighboring colonies nil crowd ed wnh passengers for the gold digging. This will givo yen. tome idea of ihe rate at which our population is daily increasing, nnd this is only ihe commencement 01 n. 1 his is 1101 oniy myopmion oi 1110 state ot ihings, it is that of every sober, reflecting man in the colony, from the Governor downward. Everyday flour 1 rising by jumps of 5 per ton at a time. It is now 35 a ton; to-morrow, in all probability, it will bo A- ii. our umy nope is in America, irom our friends, 'ho Yankees, Any one shipping flour here now would unite an immei.so fortune, 01 our own growth thero will be liitle or nono ibis venr. In addition tn thi. our social condition is fearful; only fancy bmlie of ......vm l ieu iooo)g nno ine snops aim goiu omcot in broad daylight, ahoniing at the owner, and making clear ofl'with tho spoil r As for stirring out nfterdork, 11 in iiinnness. A STARTLING DISC0VEEY! Dating tho late trial of Archibald. Senman ami Wal- ler Jinnies, on. a charee of Ilurularv. in the Lorain County Common Pleas. th- existence of a Secret Scei- ety wns disclosed, tho designs nnd tendency of which ono or two extracts from it nroimhlennd eonslitntion Will fltllheientlv explain. In tho first "nledire." ihn member bind himself to secrecy under a pledge of annus ann chattels, lands and tenements, and hi LIFE nnd HODY." The prenmbln recittes that VA hereas all Governments nroiniitiitfd and controll ed lor the 10e purpose to aid the learned against the nn learned, the strong against tho weak," &c, &c 1 leugeme oecotid " contain Iho following clause: " I pledge furiin-r that I will disregard all Riot or Ara- tional Law lhat has a tendancy or will even permit the designing knave to rob the honest and unsuspecting, and ub my iulluence bIidII be against Iho wealth of the aristocrat, bo it shall be in favor of the laboring poor." A pamphlet copy nf tho constitution of this diabolical cnnn.deralioii was taken from the pocket of one of the defendants, after he hud broken j-dl and been recaptured. Tim following certificate wub bIbo found in Barnes' pocket: M.S'IKNTKB SOCII IN AMICI. f PnoTKCT thy ItiioTitRfl.) Kni,w all wlmm It mny concern, I Ho TV Oft' Fn'NbS. f Thst B C. Cimrurl- li ifnlv nnlhu. rlzd to inoiltuto (Jmnd Division, No 3, according to Hie Const . jaiion and Itulps ot the Order. And the ssld C. II. Cbsokt Is hm by vu"fnled Foreman of said DMdon, and Is to preside t -am Kirim ,n, until m auecessor isenoien ana quouera. (itven under my hitnd.aiid llmie.t fd tho Order, this I'ltbday ol October, 1H.VJ. O. FNI.UM, .W.J P. S. P. It Will bo berceived llml thn unities nm in evnher Iho key of which was discovered during tho trial. It consists nf adopting the tetter in Urn alphabet immediately succeeding Iho real one used in spoiling. This communion of plunderers, iho germ of which wns thus orongiiT io jif,(t m i.nrnin county, was to have branches m every State iu ihe Union. It i said lhat a gentle-man who has been a liepresentativo in the Ohio Legislature wa nt the head of Iho bund in this State. Tbis is tho " higher law" with a vongennco.and ihopo-ple of Lorain may well congratulate ihemselve upon the MFi-overy nntl Disruption nl Iho hand. Cam Jiegtster. SORROW'S TEACHIN08. ' How it if" said I. despondinplv. to Aunt Millv. lhat yon, who have been Bleeped lo the lip in trouble, can bo so cheerful T" " Listen to me, Ellon. You know mv first great Bor row, Ihe loss nf mv husband. When the erave ebisi d over him, the shir of hope faded from tho aky. I could seo no mercy in tho hand lhat dealt lhat blow. Tho green eorih berumo one wido sepulchre; Iho sweet ministrations of nature had 110 healing power. In my selliih despair, I would have tOirouded the blue he av-ons in table, and thrown n pall of gloom over every hnppy hoart. Month pasted by slowly, wearily, and I found no nlfeviatmn nl my sorrow ; no lenr came to ease that dull, dend pain, that seemed crushing tho life from out my heart; no ttnr of Bethlehem t-hoiie through ihe dark cloud over my head. " I waa titling one afternoon, na usual, motionless and speechless. It wna dark and gloomy without, as my soul within Tho driving slept beat heavily against ihe window. Twilight hud act in. My liitlo Charley had patiently tried for hour to amuse himself with his toys, now and then glancing sndly ot niy mournful fnco. Hut the oppressive cloom was becom ing unendurable to lliochild. At length, creeping slow ly to my side, nod lenning heavily otfainal my shoulder he said in a half sob, ' Docs dod lore to $re yon look 10, " No, no, Charley !" said I. a I clasped him to mv heart with repentant tenra, " No. no ! I'll cloud vour sunny face no longer. ' "Ala ! dear Ellen, I but turned Irom one idol to another ; I unve God itie second place. and lived only for my boy; and so my wayward hoart needed another lesson. Tho grave look in my last earthly treasure. Hut when tho Smiter IibiI done his work, ihoso littlo lips though silent still soul to me, uodloveth the cheerful gtver; ami 10, amiliog through my lerirs, I learned to say 'Thy will be done.' Dear Ellen, il the good Father takes ateau with one hand. He girvi tcith the other. There i nlways some blessing left. Ilka blade of $rat$ keeps ain drap o'dew .'" Fanny Fern. THE DEPTH op THE OCEAN. The Royal Society met on the 7th nit., tho Earl of Enuiskillen, Vice President, in the Chnir. A very in-lerestiiigcommunicalion from Captain Denbain, It. N., of her Majehiy's shin Herald, wa read. Oaiwain Don hmi is engaged 011 a scientific voyuge in tho above sn-p, nuu among outer sno-ecis, ne was piriicuiarly enjoined to endeavor on favorable occasions to ascertain the depth of the ocean. Tho present communication gives nn account of a deep-sen sounding in 7,701 fathom, iu 3(i deg. 10 min. tenth latitude, and 37 deg. C tn in. west longitude, Tho sounding was obtained en a calm day, October 30, 1W2, 011 the pn-sago from llio J ineiro In tho Capo ol Good Hope. The tounding line was 1-lllth of an inch In diameter, laid into one lencth, and weighing, when dry, 1 lb. for every 1110 fathom. Captain Denlinm received from Commodore M'KeeVer, of the United Stales Navy, commanding Ihe Congress frigito, 15,(101) fathom of thi line, 10,0110 on ono reel and 5,000 on another, and he considers it to have been admirably nilapted for Ihe purpone for which it was mndo, and to which it wns applied. The plummet weighed 0 lbs., and was II inches long, and 1 7th of an inch iu diameter. When 7.70(1 fathom bad run off the reel, llm ion hoiiom wn ronched. Captain Denham ttnted that Lieutenant Hutcheson ami himself, in tennral hnma with Iheir own hands, drew tho plummet on 50 fili. om several limes; and niter il had renewed its descent, it slopped abruptly at the oiiginal mark to a nm loui nnu wouni nm lake nnniiier turn nil l ie reel. Tho whole time taken by the plummet In descending 1 uiinaoi:i.iiiiueMn 111 ( , uo iHinoms, or f geogra nil-Ill mile nf f;o 10 a degree, was 0 hmirt nnd 24 min ute nnd Ait tecum!. Ttie highest summits of ihe Himalaya am tittle more than 28 00ft leet. or 4 7 neo- uraphicol miles above tho ten. The boo bottom has therefore dep'hs greatly oxceeding the elevation of Ihe highest pinnado above it surface. Great care wns token iu the endeavor In bring ihe nhimmal neain lo ihe surface, to show the nature of Ihe bottom, but while carefully reel mi; in, tho line broke at 140 fathoms ho- low ihn wa'er line, carrying nway ihe thermometer which had been attached lo it at 3,000 fathoms. This sounding is Iho deepest that has ever been made. Tnr HnoKFN Panic Animation now universal I v nak ed In every anct nly In Puna is, "Have you seen the nn'sen winunw r This refers to an accident of a verve xtranrdinarv na. lure, followed, however, by a vory improbable result. which occurred a low days since, in the Hue do lo Ibitirso. M. Moliere. a bootmaker, at No. In ibnt street, has had fortune " thrust upon him" by a rart knocking against hi shop window. Hither tale at night a reaiivo horse backed a cart nsainat the ir shutter nl ihe shop-front wiih such forro that a pane 01 piam glass nnnieuiaieiy Dehind Urn part stnirk was crneKco inm monaural 01 splinters. M. Moliere's first care was to secure the address of the owner ot the horse and cart, nnd In the mom ine ho was about in tend for a glaiier, whose bill he would have charged lo ine person responsioie lor llie trespass Upon hia prop orty; but this window was cracked in such a ninuner-at no window ever wa before, nnd M. Moliere observ ed that every panser-by 111 ihe street slop, o il to look at it and exclaimed, " How curiou!" " llow extraor dinary. ' During llio whole day n crowd wns collected 111 front of llm I oiiso. It then occurred to M. Moliero tht since his broken window appeared to possess audi nt irnetinns for the ptiblic.it might answer tn make Ihe public pny for ihe gratification of their curiosity. Ac cnrdtnjly he put up his outside abutter and charged ono t ratio per hnnd lor ndmittnncn to hit shop. Visitors flocked lo the exhibition, ami in a few hours the fnmo nf it spread far nnd wide. Not a single pnrtieln nt glott hut (alien out, but tho crocks radiating irom iho centre with wontterhii regularity nro so nnmoroiii, that the patio presents tho appearance of a gigantic cob- woo. Keen irom ihe interior ul the simp by gaslight, it rtllccta Hie prismatic colors with extraordinary bill Uiiiicy. and mav be cnninared to a nencuck's tail, A speculator in ottered ihe enormous sum 01 4.00111. for 1I10 purchase of the fragile property, nnd the oiler lins been refused. M. Moliere calculates that he ahnll receive that turn in franc from the Parisian alone, ami afterward (he pane may be removed in it iron frame and tarried round the provinces. This event hua m ule more sensation than any other llml has occurred m Pari since IWw 1 ear's Day. llie excitement is on the increase, Crowds ton poor to pay the admission money, stand nboiil Ihe bouse In talk over the story, nntl ninthemalieal students in the Quar tier Latin are working problems, in the confident hope o finding out how to crnrK n not tier window 111 anme way. "Say, Ciesar Augustus, why om your legs like 1 organ giiudnrT" ' Don't know, Mr. Sugnrlonf why is they t" "Cos they carry a monkey about the ttreet." political. ASTOUNDING DEVELOPMENTS BOBBERY OF THE STATE TBEASTTRY BY THE GALPHINS FRAUDS OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. Tho Hamilton (Butler countvl Intelligencer has au article that is worthy (he attention of tho pen unio. ino lactt, herein contained, aro trn v oiurumg, aim flticutd iw gravely considered by Iho tor payers of tlio 8tate. Tho result of Locofoco manage-mentof our public works is just what it waa in former times, and just what It ever will be (ill competent. honest men are again restored to the control of ihese important interests. But read the fullowina: , Senator Ki I bourn liaa tent na a reonrt nranntod Lo him to the Legi-lature ond Iho people of Ohio 0 moat important document "on iho subject of a sale of ihe public works of Ohio." Tho mora material parts of this report wo shall publish next week. Whatever we may think of the nrononitinn to tell M public works, Mr. Kilbouru has presented facts for Iho consideration of the people which ore perfectly a tounding. To Ihoso who have observed the operations of certain officials in ihis corner of iho State, this development of the "Galphinn" wot not unexpected. I But the amount of tho fritid npon the State Treasury I Which must have been tmrnntmtod nm mtirh di-..i.i. than any ono anticipated. We have prepared iho following synopsis of tho facts presented in tho report of Mr. Kilbouru, showing tho amount received and expended on each of the public workt of the Stato during the yeort 1851 and 1852 with the net lost and revenues of the several workt each year : Rtrtipts and F.tprndUurts of each of the Public Works of the Stat' Irois am't Aro't. ex 1 1 ol tolli re- pendi-d for Net Ion. Net gftLl. celrpd. 1 repairs, j Minml&Krto Oatial Oliin canul WVIiandingranal. Muskiofpim Jm- :i57 4'J4y.'iWi,5."8 44! 4I9K 13.181 lt,i)15 4;' -J.WlCa; $I,C3(tS0J 307,. !U oa )reveif,ent iieltinir ennui.... r8,41B"W 11 ,14 bo in ni p:i 7,001 jy: i.n,-c 4,i Western Itilfrvt & MllimiPO t-imr) J,e!J3 71 13,745 (il 28,377 11 p,iqo no' 35,'WI 14 National Hnd .... ' " VJO7,07.-i54 KU'MMrci atxS) ,u na in Induct losses .... j j , itc! " ' 1'rocfcdt 01 public works in le5l $546,11; !W Ilrrtipm and I'rpmititnrrs of tarh of the Ptibtie 0VA.1 nf the State dross am' am't ex ol Mti ro ceived. pended lor Nctloa. Net fain. repfira. MfstnlfeKriectuiil ?:iJ!),.V:9ai "hificnnnl J14UII 8 i IT) (HI 1 in Wklhondlnff csnal. 1,9:17 57 3, 7 15 feti Muskingum ImprovementHocking csDsl..., Win torn Keservi- nan Sfi5in io 15,4(10 ;Ci I 15 781 9?' a8,(J73 80 1 5,491 911 A: Miiimi'P rrmri. 13 (I'M 191 P,117?fil S,e!tl) liol Natluoril ftoad .... Totnli Sr.9:!-J.182$l7, 70 53 .'05 808 W I 17,:,7U Deduct losios..... Net proceed! of pat-lio works in 1853, l88,2i)lT Tliis report shows thnt durinir Iho voir 1R.1 A. I' Miller and his assistants have expended on tho Memi and Erie Caual, tho enormous sum of three hundred ntd thirty fire thousand, seven hun Ired and fifty-six dollars and thirty five cents, while tho whole amount oflho receipts of this great thoroughfare, from Cincinnati and ihe vtnnBBti volley lol.ake Krie, have beent-nly $ 129,52"! Thero waa a LTent flourish nf Miller wna elected President of the Hoard of Public Works. What do the neoplo think of Ihe evidences f hit capacity and economy now before them T Tho iet amount of revenues received from the Pnblir Woiks in 18.11, wa $.148,118 00. In lR.ri2, which wos yearof unexampled prosperity ami activity noon nnr puunu worK, uie net revenues were SlttevJU", 17 .' io wonder ihe Lecislalure hud it necessary lo do BoinnuiNj. hi uirn aMiie me inuignaiioii 01 1110 people who novo lieen thus robbed. Insteiid of selling out the piblic works, would ll not ho good policy and a great Baving, to "tell out" Iho HOAHD of Public wnr KB 1 The nronusition to tell tho nubile work of thn Soil it a men nomission that ihe nlhcials wlio have the man agement nf ihem are corrupt. It is in f flVct iho plea -ii ninny. ii ine uoaru 01 runiic noma were composed f men " honest, capable nnd faithful," no- ootiy would have proposed lo sell out; but with such men ns Miller, Steed man and others to control the pro peny 01 too ointe, ami uraw money irom the Ireaaury l ihple uwn aivwt.1 will, viltmiit J.w. n, wniir iLm entire revenues of ihe Miami and Erie Canal are wallowed up in lobs anil contrncta for tho benefit nf Ihemselve and Iheir favorite. The Voulzes, and Harney a, ami Mnlrines, under other n nines, are again fattening noon the Slate treasury, and like leeches sucking nut llie substance nf the people. He it remembered thatthit .j-I9,33 82, expended for repairs 10 the public workt in wa drawn from the Ireaaury by Ihe Hoard of Public Works, not only without niiiliorily of law, but iu violation of the coiisiiuiiion, ue any man believe that ihn Legislature would have authorized Mr. Miller tn draw from iho treasury ihe enormous sum nf fn5 7fifl 1)8 for the repain of the Miami and Erie Cabal f Not a member would have dared to vnio for the appropriation nf half this sum. Thn people will demand to know who received this money, and for what purpose it was pnid. Wo will lane care to punnh an thn information which ran be btained from public documents nnd nuihentic anurcca upon this subject. These Galphins need attention, mid we trtiat the Whig preat of Ohio will not fail to show them up nt they deserve. MODE OF DOING BUSINESS IN CONGRESS. The mod of doing business in Concrross is thus graphically and truthfully described by the AVm 1 ark Express . The way law are now inndn in Congress it inch that vicious legislation will never be corrected until the no proprintinn bills are killed, and auextrn session iscom- polled, as a consequence ol the loss of these bill. A iptasi revolution, in thus stopping thn supplies, nmv awaken the people, perhaps, lo tne outrage and peril that exist in the now long prevailing habit of enacting 1110 most important low irom 11 o'clock lo li o'clock 111 the morning, between lite nicht beloro and the (lav of the 4ih of March. For ten years past the halls ot' (he Capitol have been ihrougid day and night in March, or on thn cloning days of the loon aossiona. with an army of lobby members, pushing all sorts nf Miings inm me appropriation tin in, aim exeritmi nil arta of influence, illegitimate generally, and such as is 10 na deplored. 1 ho committee roonia are hi led wiih wine ami brandy by tome of these lobby members, to wtiom somebody surrenders ttieso rooms, nntl henco it it not wonderlul that, amid tbeuiler exhaustion uf con linunut sessions night nnd day, the human frames of even ihe honest and wiicbl'ul givo nut, and lhat scheme! are undertaken and measure carried which. In cooler mo-meats, could receive tittle else but a corrupt support. Healdes, oh Congress nowadays will do littlo or noihins bul what it doea iu the appropriation bills, there ia 0 kindly disposition lo engraft upon ihemsiirh measures os meinbertdeem "good,"upon which otherwise there would be no earthly bopj ol iciion. 1 his considera tion, taken in connection with the fact lhat corruption really desires no action upon the appropriation bills nil the very last hours of tho session, when, amid (be noise and conlusion, corruption can best conceal itsell, eua h;es ihe bad 10 mix up with iho good such a enrioMty at the lost civil and diplomatic bill presents: a bill which 110 five men tn either llnuao of Congress under stood, nr count uiaiersianu, unlets ihey were on tin committees of Conference. . Tho civil noil diplomatic bill was twice voted down initio House of Representative during the night ol 1110 .nt 01 .Milieu, luainiy uecnnau 1110 memiiert hail lie menu a of even guessing what waa in it, but partly because there was a general inrre te of pay for Secreta net. for foreign Missions, 'C, tS:c. The Democratic .Senators, about 4 o'clock, 0. 10.., March 4ih, came (own in nnmbiMt and fell upon their friend in tin House, telling them tbis would never do: when ihe great body of the Democratic party rhnnged Iron I, to. warn iiavNgnr, mm voted tr iho bill that had lie before twice rejected. What lliey voted for, not twenty ol them cou'd scarcely tell ; because they wen Inking the report of the committees nf Conference, which come, never in plain English, but in a rl ol algohrnicormftfa, thnt not even a Washinclon veteran gtslatnr without ttudy can well comprehend. Congressional legislation is at present nn Oi ifunriiT. and leu or twelve men in one House or ihe oiher do nearly llie wb -do work. II thn other member were all lo stay nt home, and In receive iheir pay, Ihoy might be of some service iherej but as legislator in Wnshington Ihey ore mere cyphers, and ol but very Utile ovail under the present modes ol doing hniuea. That this statement it, in the main, correct, and scarcely nn exaggeration, wih be obvious from the nbtervationn thnt follow. It would be a good question f, ,r a debating tociety. "Which of tho two bodies showed llm grentesl corruption and least attention In buiineas, at their last b- sion respectively, the Federal Congress or the Ohi Legislature!" Thero 1 noway but for iho people to aweep out Iheir Augean sinbh-B. A Countryman, nosinu about a certniii Hotelier' shoe in Mulberry street the oih r morning, espied some dim inoing meat, and tmmednicly sung out : " I say friend, what makes lhat are mutton look so hfew T didn't die, did H T Hutcher, knowingly.' No! didn't 'jitrlly die, bul It Kinder gin emit 1 Hubert Hnll did not Into hi powers of retort even in madness. A hypocritical cnudoler with hi mi or-tunet once viaited htm tn the madhouse, and said, ui a whinuiB lone. "What bn-uclii vmi here. Mr. Hall I Hall aiiiiiilicniitlv loiiched hi brow with hit tinner, nnd replied, "What'll never bring you, sir iihi much orain." Qutuorotie. SCENE AT THE TALLMADOE HOUSE-HOTEL LIFE IN LANCASTER. Tho following tlnrv ia told nf 1. to have occurred at Ihe " Tallmadge-Honae" in this city, we presume our informant wa 011 the spot at or about iho Umo of its occurrence. We publish it for ihe ben- tit of those Gentleman whoan norltl nrn nnt f,lA with rocks' tieiierallv and moat particularly fi.r thm nmuBomcnt of our woriby boils of tho Washington, ownn, American. good lo be lost : " John.'" "Ye( air." "Carriage at the door." John ran to the dour and returned with alaree trunk. apparently not very heavy behind was a gentleman, whoso external appearance was decidedly a 'million-ire.' He entered hit name simply Mr. A Columbus, loying down his pen ho said, to John Wilton : " Landlord. I want the very bett accommodation Vour house will afford the beat for mv mnnv I'd like n parlor and a bed-room on the tame floor." " That yju can hove," taid our worthy host of the "Tnllmo.be." 3 "Join." "Yei, Bir." Eviryihing being now fairly arranged our gentleman, Mr was shown to his room by John, which ho occipied unmolested for the space of ten days, ordering eviryihing which the most fasiidiout taste detired; nvntsf urnished in hisown apartments; extra servants tfere ot his coll, &o. At the expiration of ten davs. our trentleman handed John a fifty cent piece, requesting Inm to givo it lo tho iuuuiuiu. imru iimners anion a u ay or iwoj our worthy hostof the "Talimfldee House 'lM ukin thia small payment might poFsibly boa hint for him to present his bill, accordingly, ordered it made up and presented it in person. On entering hit room, our host found Mr. A seated in the rocking chair, with hia foet resting ill a smnller one. beside him waa n tahle with three bottles of excellent old wine hit favorite brandy, a few cigars, &c. unod morning, Mr, A , snyi our woriby host. "Good morning goinl morning!" replied Mr. A., VerV Ul ad lo BOO Vim. heen eietillnllv nri-nrnmnrla. ted: never better in mv life 1 Brat ram hunm 1 hia : good table, good wines, good lorvntitB, very attentive, will send all my friends hero ; will, turely ; really sir, never was so well treated for my money have had every luxury which beau could widi i wants been satis lied," Wilson cut off hia adulation by presenting bis " I thought I would hand in your bill hero it is." " My bill, did von say 1" Queried Mr. A "mvhllH Why, sir, 1 have paid have paid all I agreed t" o wuom a ui you pay f ' '.Sir, I n:, id John: 1 etvo him fiftv cents, and told him lo hand it to you, lei's icej yes, it wn day before yesterday. Hi waa every cent I find all I had when I came here! 1 told yon I wauled tho b?t accommo- hit ion lor my money j I supposed nil along I wat hav ing it. This bill, really sir, I cannot pay sorry you xprci H. At this s1n"e tif ihe eamn John Wilson aaid Jim Rice both betrnti to sine) I a "rntce," and cut Mr. A shoit by telling him the joke wns so well played off they wonm give mm in mil nud hitv cents, provided he wo'd call on " Uncle" Fred. Shot flor of iho Washing ton, nnd play llio samo joke ou him. "My good sir. I would do onvlhinff for you : you hive been so very kind ; anything you wish j but really, sir, I cannot do that j it would nnt be fair Mr. Sh u UVr gave me the fifty cents, and fold me to come here ! .101111. " Yea, sir " "Take thi cenltemin's haeeaeu from No. and order a carriage, and tako him wherever bo withes lo go Iree." The Istt we saw of Mr. A , he was breaking for ihe "Swan." Lan. Eagle, Two merchants were standing in Wall street, (lis- coursing on bankruptcy, when one of them perceived a real live Yankee, ftiuibeiing down ihe ttreet, with a Kline nuu tncK in nit nana. 'Now for some sport,' ejaculated ihe merchant. We'll ask hit opinion on the subject of brnnkrupley, or rather his idem.' He now bailed the Yankee wiih Holloa, friend, can you tell us ihe meaning of bank ruptcy t" ' Well, I reckon I km and skin me it I don't. 4 Please explain.' ' Well, ymi ijat lend me a five for about three min utes.' Hero it is, friend now proceed.' Well, now. I owe Zeke Smith fifty cents; S.im UrnM-M, J, trttlnr, 4iri tlolUr for ibis rn cnnl Niid you five,' 'Weil, smd tho merrhnnt, ' now givo me my five.' 'Oh, git null I'm a bin,kiupt, oinl you come infer your shnre with tho rest,' and he left ihe astonished merchant a. Wo clip ihe following from the "fun" col umn of Iho Sandusky Register: Some lone bachelor editor away out in MiisonrL la guilty of Ihe following: Why it Iho heart of a lover bko ihe sen terpen 1 1 Recnuso it it a tocreler f sea creeturl of area! tioha (aize). Dreadful, wasn't it 1 And the Bnllalo Ronidi Notea must be held ivmnn. aible for this" atiticipaii-'ii:1' The Boston Bee suvb that Ihe ladies have eivnn nn lidii s, and aie now wi-aiing their table worsted mala, ll is enticipaltd that hearth rug will toon be brought into requisition by ihoso who aro unaware thnt " nature unadorned," elc. Wo aro assured that anions the last anDointmenta ai Washington is Ihe following, which we Insert here leit it should bo called news: "Grand GrowUrof ihe Mhitni Tribe Samuel Me-!nry, of Ohio." Court Baku. "Sir!" said a fierce liwver. "do you, on your solemn oath, swear that ibis it net your hand writing." " I reckon not, wat llie t ool reply. " Does It resemble your Writing f " ' Yea, I think it don't." " Do yon twenr that it don't resemble your writing T" " Well I do." " You lake your solemn ualh (bat this writing does not resemble yours In a single letter T " 1 -e-a-s ! How do you know 7 ''CatiBo I can't writo! " A Goon Onk A Utile girl of this city hat been taught by her Sabbath school teacher lhat God h(e man our of ihe dint of the earth. The inculcation f thi Bible doctrino teem lo have given her mind rather 0 practical turn, and big with ihe idea, she ad dressed her mother on her tetitru from the Sabbath School : " Ma, hat God any moro dual If It 7" " Why, my daughter why do you ask inch a quof- tion t" Because, if he has, I want lum to tnako mo a little brother!" Poor thing t Oiher little girls had h rot hers to ploy with, but alio had none nnd aha was, therefore, un happy. Tliis it no heiion Having occurred in tins city a lew dayt tince. New Albany Tribune. A Famh.v Scikk A gentleman deeply tigaged in study and a lady, pretending to knit, is perplexing him with her questions Lady (iu ihe drawling, affectionate style). Ma dealt! correctly tpeaking, whit is a dentist t Gentleman (short, sharp, nnd rather cross) Dentist is derived from deaf, French for terih. Dentist is a man who pulls teeth out. i.ady (after knitting once round, in order to give the gentleman time in be-come immersed in his honk again) Ma deah! yon taid this morning that Professor Mutiy was a great linguist. l not linguist derived from the Lhlingma, a tongue T (Sentlcman (birlly) Yes. Lady Well, iheii, is a linguist a man who pulls tongues out! ftra-tltman (very decidedly) No, madam; but I wish Iu heaven ho did 1 Exit lady, in n huff. A physlcinn having tinUlu d tho amputation of a leg of one nf his paiienl. a near relative of ihe latter took him flMdo, ond said anxiously lo him: " Doctor tin you 1 1i ink that yuur patient will recover!""Rernvei! (hero bn never been the leoit shadow of hope for him." Then what wo Iho use of your making him tnf for?" Why mv dear fellow, could you say brutally In a sick man he is dying! He must be amused a littlo." Dr. Bailie, not more famed for In medical skill than tor his strange common tense way uf displaying it, being called in lo attend F. Reynolds, Ihe dramatist, during ft nerv.'ii complaint, that fertile play-wnght snm 10 mm: Doctor, do you tint think I write loo much for my constitution 7" 1," replied Iho physician bluntly, " but you do for your reputation ' An liishmao rumiusliug iu hi hlitt upon the banks il a Southern creek, espied 0 terrapin pluming him-self."Orb. hone!" exclaimed he, solemnly, "that Wer I should como to Ameriky to see a tun tV box wnlk!" '' Whit!" taid hit wife, "don't bo aliher inakin' fun o' H e bird!" Sum's Jokk ' The candle you sold me last wera very bad." said Snelt, to 0 tallow cbnndler. " Indeed, ir, I am sorry lor that." "Yes, sir, do you know Ihey burnt to the middle, and would then burn no longer. " Yon siHpiise mo; what, Bir, did they go out t" No, air, no; ihey burnt lAorer." A petulant lady having refused a suitor lo her niece, he x postulated with her. ntid requested her plainly to divulge her reasons. " I tee the villain In your face." "That i a personal reflection, madam," answered the lover. A woman of indifferent character, being examined by 11 certain barrister with hit usual boldness, the observed, " Impudence, which has heen tha miking of yon hat caused my ruin."